CVE-2026-48752

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48752
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-48752.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-48752
Aliases
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
GHSA (2)
openSUSE (2)
Published
2026-08-21T14:31:57Z
Modified
2026-11-06T10:57:01Z
Severity
  • 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Incus has arbitrary file read+write on host via templates/ symlink in malicious image
Details

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, a specially crafted image or instance backup can be used to read or create/write arbitrary files on the host; possibly leading to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-73"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48752.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/canonical/lxd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/canonical/lxd
Events
Introduced
03aab09f5b5cbdada00c6539877dcf5932fcde98
Fixed
2d17567f9f3d17283ab0352305dc8ef62e79cfa8
Introduced
1e1349e3cbf30c1b2ce74e531d4dd0fd52c45be1
Fixed
7b1f0b6acefa288398ead8dda48b046d7b2795a3
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c5184be310b13a8be5d9a5f286bfa1c0c286716e
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "4.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.0.11"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "5.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.0.7"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "5.1.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.21.5"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/lxc/incus
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c67888b630ed674dd7b0a77f108521ff1b4c494d
Introduced
714bcc5e42b189f54025b8567df1f3408a1cae2c
Fixed
9a19882fddfd23a0cf34b7f458a49d0687b7c29f
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "7.2.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
        },
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "6.0.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "6.9.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

lxd-4.*
lxd-4.0.0
lxd-4.0.1
lxd-4.0.2
lxd-4.0.3
lxd-4.0.4
lxd-4.0.5
lxd-4.0.6
lxd-4.0.7
lxd-4.0.8
lxd-4.0.9
lxd-5.*
lxd-5.0.0
lxd-5.0.1
lxd-5.0.2
lxd-5.1
lxd-5.10
lxd-5.11
lxd-5.12
lxd-5.13
lxd-5.14
lxd-5.15
lxd-5.16
lxd-5.17
lxd-5.2
lxd-5.3
lxd-5.4
lxd-5.5
lxd-5.6
lxd-5.7
lxd-5.8
lxd-5.9
v6.*
v6.0.0
v6.1.0
v6.2.0
v6.3.0
v6.4.0
v6.5.0
v6.6.0
v6.7.0
v6.8.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-48752.json"