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

30 Jan 2026, 17:28

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linuxcontainers
Linuxcontainers incus

22 Jan 2026, 22:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-22 22:16

Updated : 2026-01-30 17:28


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')