Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. An issue in versions prior to 6.0.6 and 6.19.0 affects any Incus user in an environment where an unprivileged user may have root access to a container with an attached custom storage volume that has the `security.shifted` property set to `true` as well as access to the host as an unprivileged user. The most common case for this would be systems using `incus-user` with the less privileged `incus` group to provide unprivileged users with an isolated restricted access to Incus. Such users may be able to create a custom storage volume with the necessary property (depending on kernel and filesystem support) and can then write a setuid binary from within the container which can be executed as an unprivileged user on the host to gain root privileges. A patch for this issue is expected in versions 6.0.6 and 6.19.0. As a workaround, permissions can be manually restricted until a patched version of Incus is deployed.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/lxc/incus/issues/2641 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/2642 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-56mx-8g9f-5crf | Exploit Vendor Advisory Patch |
| https://github.com/lxc/incus/issues/2641 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
29 Dec 2025, 16:29
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/lxc/incus/issues/2641 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/2642 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-56mx-8g9f-5crf - Exploit, Vendor Advisory, Patch | |
| Summary |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time |
Linuxcontainers
Linuxcontainers incus |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
12 Nov 2025, 21:15
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| References | () https://github.com/lxc/incus/issues/2641 - |
10 Nov 2025, 22:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-11-10 22:15
Updated : 2025-12-29 16:29
NVD link : CVE-2025-64507
Mitre link : CVE-2025-64507
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-64507
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linuxcontainers
- incus
CWE
