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.
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-6407-1 | incus security update |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Lxc
Lxc incus |
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| Vendors & Products |
Lxc
Lxc incus |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Incus has a project restriction bypass via instance migration config override | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-21T15:13:46.664Z
Reserved: 2026-07-14T22:32:17.730Z
Link: CVE-2026-62940
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-21T15:16:46.147
Modified: 2026-08-21T16:17:52.780
Link: CVE-2026-62940
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-21T16:30:06Z
Weaknesses
Debian DSA