UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87799

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-87799
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87799.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87799
Upstream
Published
2026-09-28T14:17:00Z
Modified
2026-09-30T21:35:22Z
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

Improper link resolution in the migration receive path in Canonical LXD versions 4.0 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8 and 6.10) on Linux allows an authenticated client that can create instances or custom storage volumes in a project, or a malicious migration source server, to write attacker-controlled files to arbitrary paths on the target host as root, leading to full host compromise. The attacker does this with a crafted rsync or btrfs send stream that plants a symlink in the transferred volume, such as rootfs or root.img, and then writes through it.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / lxd

Package

Name
lxd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxd?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.20-0ubuntu4
0.21-0ubuntu3
0.21-0ubuntu5
0.22-0ubuntu1
0.22-0ubuntu2
0.23-0ubuntu1
0.23-0ubuntu2
0.23-0ubuntu3
0.24-0ubuntu2
0.24-0ubuntu3
0.24-0ubuntu4
0.25-0ubuntu1
0.26-0ubuntu2
0.26-0ubuntu3
0.27-0ubuntu1
0.27-0ubuntu2
2.*
2.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu5
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu6
2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu7
2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~rc4-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc5-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu1
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu5
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu6
2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu7
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu2
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu3
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu4
2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu5
2.0.0-0ubuntu1
2.0.0-0ubuntu2
2.0.0-0ubuntu3
2.0.0-0ubuntu4
2.0.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2
2.0.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
2.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
2.0.8-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
2.0.8-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2
2.0.9-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.0.9-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4
2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm1
2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm2
2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "golang-github-lxc-lxd-dev",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxc2",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd-client",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd-tools",
            "binary_version":  "2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87799.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / lxd

Package

Name
lxd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxd?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.18-0ubuntu6
2.19-0ubuntu1
2.20-0ubuntu3
2.20-0ubuntu4
2.21-0ubuntu1
2.21-0ubuntu2
2.21-0ubuntu3
2.21-0ubuntu4
3.*
3.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu3
3.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu3
3.0.0~beta5-0ubuntu2
3.0.0~beta7-0ubuntu1
3.0.0-0ubuntu1
3.0.0-0ubuntu2
3.0.0-0ubuntu3
3.0.0-0ubuntu4
3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
3.0.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm1
3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm2
3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd",
            "binary_version":  "3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd-client",
            "binary_version":  "3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd-tools",
            "binary_version":  "3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87799.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / lxd

Package

Name
lxd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/lxd?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.7
1:0.8
1:0.9
1:0.10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd",
            "binary_version":  "1:0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd-client",
            "binary_version":  "1:0.10"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "lxd-tools",
            "binary_version":  "1:0.10"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-87799.json"