CVE-2026-41648 PUBLISHED

Incus: Unbounded YAML Metadata Decode via Parsing

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 21.04.2026 Published: 07.05.2026 Updated: 07.05.2026

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, user provided image and backup tarballs would be unpacked and YAML files parsed without any size restrictions. This was making it easy for an authenticated user to provide a crafted image or backup tarball that when parsed by Incus would lead to a very large YAML document being loaded into memory, potentially causing the entire server to run out of memory. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor lxc
Product incus
Versions
  • Version < 7.0.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE