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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-63295 EUVD-2026-57516

Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated`

Published Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by canonical

Description

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass project-level container isolation restrictions. When a project is configured with restrictions on container privileges (such as enforcing restricted.containers.privilege=isolated), LXD fails to enforce the requirement if an instance configuration omits the security.idmap.isolated key. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating or updating an instance without explicitly setting security.idmap.isolated, bypassing the target project's security constraints.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Canonical LXD 4.0.0 – < 4.0.12, 5.0.0 – < 5.0.8, 5.21.0 – < 5.21.6, 6.0 – < 6.10 4.0.12

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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