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Citrix Security BulletinsCTX696350

XenServer Security Update for CVE-2026-23554

An issue has been identified in XenServer 8.4 that may allow privileged code in a guest VM to compromise the host. This issue has the following identifier:

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HighCVSS not listedHigh severity
Scope

What the vendor says is affected

  • XenServer
  • This issue affects XenServer 8.4. (Note that XenServer 9.0 is in Public Preview; releases in preview state are not intended for production use and so are not covered by security bulletins until they exit preview state.)
Next step

What the vendor recommends

We have pushed updates to both the Early Access and Normal update channels of XenServer 8.4. We recommend that customers update to the latest version from their chosen channel following the instructions at https://docs.xenserver.com/en-us/xenserver/8/update

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Vulnerabilities

CVEs named in this advisory

CVE-2026-23554View CVSS, KEV, EPSS, and threat context
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