CVE-2026-62940 PUBLISHED

Incus has a project restriction bypass via instance migration config override

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 14.07.2026 Published: 21.08.2026 Updated: 21.08.2026

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, when migrating an instance to another cluster member, user-supplied configuration overrides (including security-critical keys like security.privileged and raw.lxc) are applied without any project restriction enforcement, allowing a restricted project user to escalate to a privileged container and escape to the host. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.

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 lxc
Product incus
Versions
  • Version < 7.3.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE