Answer in brief
CVE-2026-42488 records a High severity (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in x86: mismatched mapcache metadata. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 8.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Published upstream
Jun 18, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 22, 2026
Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead to corruption of the mapcache.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-42488 records a High severity (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in x86: mismatched mapcache metadata. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 8.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
Affected software not mapped in the current feed; confirm the named product and version against your inventory.
Published upstream
Jun 18, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 22, 2026
Some shadow paging errors paths will switch the page-tables without updating the currently running vCPU reference. This causes a mismatch between the loaded page-tables and the mapcache metadata which can lead to corruption of the mapcache.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.