CVE-2026-62941 PUBLISHED

Incus: Cross-project instance copy bypasses target project restrictions via TOCTOU in config merge

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 copying an instance across projects, the project restriction check (AllowInstanceCreation) runs BEFORE the source instance's configuration is merged into the request. Dangerous configuration keys (including security.privileged, raw.lxc, raw.apparmor) from the source instance are merged AFTER the check passes, bypassing all project restrictions on the target project. 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-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE