Xapi · Xapi · CVE-2024-31144
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Xapi (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
Xapi contains functionality to backup and restore metadata about Virtual Machines and Storage Repositories (SRs). The metadata itself is stored in a Virtual Disk Image (VDI) inside an SR. A malicious guest can manipulate its disk to appear to be a metadata backup. This can occur because a guest with one disk has a 50% chance of sorting ahead of the legitimate metadata backup, and a guest with two disks has a 75% chance, etc. The metadata VDI is located by searching each VDI, mounting it, and seeing if there is a suitable metadata file present.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.