Improper Cross-boundary Removal of Sensitive Data Affecting xen package, versions <4.16.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.76% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-XEN-18388888
  • published29 Jul 2026
  • disclosed12 Jul 2022

Introduced: 12 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-29900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest xen to version 4.16.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1