UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62940

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-62940
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62940.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62940
Upstream
Published
2026-08-21T15:16:00Z
Modified
2026-09-02T19:35:54Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / incus

Package

Name
incus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/incus?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4-1ubuntu1
0.5.1-1
0.5.1-3
0.6-1
6.*
6.0.0-1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.2
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-lxc-incus-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-agent",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-client",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-migrate",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-tools",
            "binary_version": "6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62940.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS / incus

Package

Name
incus
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/incus?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fresolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.0.4-2
6.0.5-8
6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-github-lxc-incus-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-agent",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-base",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-client",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "incus-extra",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62940.json"