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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-48753 EUVD-2026-63980GHSA-ccjc-4qc3-jxqcGO-2026-5802

Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload

Published Aug 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, the S3 protocol upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal and allows creation of arbitrary files on the host. This behavior could lead to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 fixes the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
lxc incus < 7.1.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 incus 7.0.0-2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 incus No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 incus No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS incus No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS incus No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed incus 7.4-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11651-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 incus 7.0.1-r0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/lxc/incus all versions — GO-2026-5802
Go github.com/lxc/incus/v6 all versions — GO-2026-5802
Go github.com/lxc/incus/v7 < 7.1.0 7.1.0 GO-2026-5802
Go github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd < 7.1.0 7.1.0 GHSA-ccjc-4qc3-jxqc

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