CVE-2026-23954

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Versions 6.21.0 and below allow a user with the ability to launch a container with a custom image (e.g a member of the ‘incus’ group) to use directory traversal or symbolic links in the templating functionality to achieve host arbitrary file read, and host arbitrary file write. This ultimately results in arbitrary command execution on the host. When using an image with a metadata.yaml containing templates, both the source and target paths are not checked for symbolic links or directory traversal. This can also be exploited in IncusOS. A fix is planned for versions 6.0.6 and 6.21.0, but they have not been released at the time of publication.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Jun 2026, 10:22

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Summary
  • (es) Incus es un gestor de contenedores de sistema y máquinas virtuales. Las versiones 6.21.0 e inferiores permiten a un usuario con la capacidad de lanzar un contenedor con una imagen personalizada (por ejemplo, un miembro del grupo 'incus') utilizar salto de directorio o enlaces simbólicos en la funcionalidad de plantillas para lograr la lectura arbitraria de archivos del host y la escritura arbitraria de archivos del host. Esto finalmente resulta en la ejecución arbitraria de comandos en el host. Al usar una imagen con un metadata.yaml que contiene plantillas, ni las rutas de origen ni las de destino se verifican en busca de enlaces simbólicos o salto de directorio. Esto también puede ser explotado en IncusOS. Se planea una corrección para las versiones 6.0.6 y 6.21.0, pero no han sido lanzadas en el momento de la publicación.

30 Jan 2026, 17:28

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linuxcontainers
Linuxcontainers incus
References () https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/HEAD/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go#L7215 - () https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/HEAD/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go#L7215 - Product
References () https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/HEAD/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go#L7294 - () https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/HEAD/internal/server/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go#L7294 - Product
References () https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-7f67-crqm-jgh7 - () https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-7f67-crqm-jgh7 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24473599/template_arbitrary_write.sh - () https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24473599/template_arbitrary_write.sh - Exploit
References () https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24473601/templates_arbitrary_write.patch - () https://github.com/user-attachments/files/24473601/templates_arbitrary_write.patch - Patch

22 Jan 2026, 22:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-22 22:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:22


NVD link : CVE-2026-23954

Mitre link : CVE-2026-23954

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23954


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Products Affected

linuxcontainers

  • incus
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')