Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Incus instances have an option to provide credentials to systemd in the guest. For containers, this is handled through a shared directory. Prior to version 6.23.0, an attacker can set a configuration key named something like `systemd.credential.../../../../../../root/.bashrc` to cause Incus to write outside of the `credentials` directory associated with the container. This makes use of the fact that the Incus syntax for such credentials is `systemd.credential.XYZ` where `XYZ` can itself contain more periods. While it's not possible to read any data this way, it's possible to write to arbitrary files as root, enabling both privilege escalation and denial of service attacks. Version 6.23.0 fixes the issue.
References
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| https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-q4q8-7f2j-9h9f | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-q4q8-7f2j-9h9f - Vendor Advisory | |
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Linuxcontainers
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Information
Published : 2026-03-27 00:16
Updated : 2026-04-01 16:08
NVD link : CVE-2026-33945
Mitre link : CVE-2026-33945
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-33945
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Products Affected
linuxcontainers
- incus
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
