CVE-2026-41684

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, backup.GetInfo() trusts the inline backup/index.yaml config when present and only falls back to parsing the legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file if result.Config == nil. As a result, an archive can carry a valid inline config that passes the initial import preflight while also carrying a malformed legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file that is reparsed later from the restored file system. ParseConfigYamlFile() accepts YAML documents with no container section, and multiple downstream consumers then dereference. Container without checking for nil. Confirmed examples in the instance restore and import flow include backup.UpdateInstanceConfig() and internalImportFromBackup(). An authenticated user with permission to import instance backups may be able to crash the Incus daemon with a crafted backup archive whose inline backup/index.yaml is valid but whose extracted legacy backup.yaml omits container. The crash occurs in the restore path after archive extraction has begun. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0.
Configurations

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

History

07 May 2026, 19:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linuxcontainers
Linuxcontainers incus
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.0.0 - () https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.0.0 - Patch, Product
References () https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r6-jr56-89pv - () https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r6-jr56-89pv - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

07 May 2026, 14:59

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-07 14:16

Updated : 2026-05-07 19:51


NVD link : CVE-2026-41684

Mitre link : CVE-2026-41684

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41684


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Products Affected

linuxcontainers

  • incus
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference