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CVE-2026-40195
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and accesses members of the parsed backup configuration without first verifying that the configuration object
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"incus","vendor":"lxc","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 7.0.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c9411b1b013992a9d5dc03be88eacee11e75a08c53c2b0e24f9e69097d127515 · sha256:8655c9d0513bbc1e… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c9411b1b013992a9d5dc03be88eacee11e75a08c53c2b0e24f9e69097d127515 · sha256:8655c9d0513bbc1e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-476","description":"CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c9411b1b013992a9d5dc03be88eacee11e75a08c53c2b0e24f9e69097d127515 · sha256:8655c9d0513bbc1e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-gc7j-g665-rxr9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-gc7j-g665-rxr9"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c9411b1b013992a9d5dc03be88eacee11e75a08c53c2b0e24f9e69097d127515 · sha256:8655c9d0513bbc1e… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-gc7j-g665-rxr9"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c9411b1b013992a9d5dc03be88eacee11e75a08c53c2b0e24f9e69097d127515 · sha256:8655c9d0513bbc1e… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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