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
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 13 | lxd | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | lxd | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | lxd | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | lxd | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | lxd | No fix yet | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | lxd | 5.21.6-bp160.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21788-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21788-1 Security update for lxd SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 9, 2026
References
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-v9wr-9r7q-fh4g vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18651 patch
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18605 patch