CVE-2026-62420 PUBLISHED

Cross-project cluster migration bypasses project restrictions via cluster notification flag

Assigner: canonical
Reserved: 14.07.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 12.08.2026

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project security restrictions during cross-project instance migrations. When moving an instance cross-project to a different cluster member via POST /1.0/instances/{name} with migration: true, project: <target>, and target: <member>, the destination node skips all project restriction checks because the request arrives as an internal cluster notification. An attacker can exploit this to introduce disallowed instance configurations into a restricted project.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor Canonical
Product LXD
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5.0.0 to 5.0.8 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.21.0 to 5.21.6 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.0 to 6.10 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to LXD version 5.0.8 or later, 5.21.6 or later, or 6.10 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization CWE

Impacts

  • Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels
  • Privilege Abuse
  • Privilege Escalation