UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63343

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-63343
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63343.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63343
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, a malicious image containing a metadata.yaml symlink pointing to an arbitrary host path allows an authenticated Incus user to read or overwrite any file on the host as root via the instance metadata API. The exec-output and templates/ paths were patched in a prior release using Lstat rejection and os.OpenRoot confinement; metadata.yaml was not included in either patch and remains exploitable. 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-2026-63343.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-2026-63343.json"