CVE-2026-28384 PUBLISHED

Authenticated RCE via unsanitized compression_algorithm

Assigner: canonical
Reserved: 27.02.2026 Published: 12.03.2026 Updated: 13.03.2026

An improper sanitization of the compression_algorithm parameter in Canonical LXD allows an authenticated, unprivileged user to execute commands as the LXD daemon on the LXD server via API calls to the image and backup endpoints. This issue affected LXD from 4.12 through 6.6 and was fixed in the snap versions 5.0.6-e49d9f4 (channel 5.0/stable), 5.21.4-1374f39 (channel 5.21/stable), and 6.7-1f11451 (channel 6.0 stable). The channel 4.0/stable is not affected as it contains version 4.0.10.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor Canonical
Product lxd
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 6.0 to 6.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.21.0 to 5.21.4 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.0.0 to 5.0.6 (excl.)
  • Version 4.12 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-78 Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection