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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-62420 EUVD-2026-57415

Cross-project cluster migration bypasses project restrictions via cluster notification flag

Published Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 12, 2026 · Assigned by canonical

Description

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project security restrictions during cross-project instance migrations. When moving an instance cross-project to a different cluster member via POST /1.0/instances/{name} with migration: true, project: <target>, and target: <member>, the destination node skips all project restriction checks because the request arrives as an internal cluster notification. An attacker can exploit this to introduce disallowed instance configurations into a restricted project.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Canonical LXD 5.0.0 – < 5.0.8, 5.21.0 – < 5.21.6, 6.0 – < 6.10 5.0.8

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 13 lxd No fix yet —
Debian 12 lxd No fix yet —
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS lxd No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS lxd No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS lxd No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 lxd 5.21.6-bp160.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21788-1

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