Any guest can cause xenstored to crash by issuing a XS_RESET_WATCHES
command within a transaction due to an assert() triggering.

In case xenstored was built with NDEBUG #defined nothing bad will
happen, as assert() is doing nothing in this case. Note that the
default is not to define NDEBUG for xenstored builds even in release
builds of Xen.

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Tue, 19 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-617
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Xen
Xen xen
Vendors & Products Xen
Xen xen

Tue, 19 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000


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Description Any guest can cause xenstored to crash by issuing a XS_RESET_WATCHES command within a transaction due to an assert() triggering. In case xenstored was built with NDEBUG #defined nothing bad will happen, as assert() is doing nothing in this case. Note that the default is not to define NDEBUG for xenstored builds even in release builds of Xen.
Title Xenstored DoS via XS_RESET_WATCHES command
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: XEN

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-19T14:42:45.464Z

Reserved: 2026-01-14T13:07:36.961Z

Link: CVE-2026-23557

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T13:06:41.611Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-19T14:16:38.817

Modified: 2026-05-19T14:48:28.110

Link: CVE-2026-23557

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T14:45:07Z

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