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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-63343 EUVD-2026-63989

Arbitrary File Read/Write: metadata.yaml symlink in image allows host filesystem access as root

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 7.3.0, a malicious image containing a `metadata.yaml` symlink pointing to an arbitrary host path allows an authenticated Incus user to read or overwrite any file on the host as root via the instance metadata API. The `exec-output` and `templates/` paths were patched in a prior release using `Lstat` rejection and `os.OpenRoot` confinement; `metadata.yaml` was not included in either patch and remains exploitable. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
lxc incus < 7.3.0 —

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 7.0.1-2 —
Debian 13 incus 6.0.4-2+deb13u9 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 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

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