CVE-2026-9640

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in LXD from 6.0 before 6.9, 5.21.0 before 5.21.5, and 5.0.0 before 5.0.7 regarding the handling of project-restriction policies during snapshot restoration.. An authenticated project operator in a restricted multi-tenant environment can bypass policy restrictions by importing a maliciously crafted instance backup containing restricted configuration keys within a snapshot. When the snapshot is restored, these restricted keys are applied to the live instance without policy validation. Starting the modified instance grants the operator unauthorized host root access.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Jul 2026, 13:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Canonical
Canonical lxd
CPE cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18301 - () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18301 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18303 - () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18303 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18304 - () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18304 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-ppq7-4492-5552 - () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-ppq7-4492-5552 - Exploit

26 Jun 2026, 17:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-ppq7-4492-5552 - () https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-ppq7-4492-5552 -

26 Jun 2026, 16:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-26 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-02 13:29


NVD link : CVE-2026-9640

Mitre link : CVE-2026-9640

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-9640


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Products Affected

canonical

  • lxd
CWE
CWE-863

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