An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass project-level container isolation restrictions. When a project is configured with restrictions on container privileges (such as enforcing restricted.containers.privilege=isolated), LXD fails to enforce the requirement if an instance configuration omits the security.idmap.isolated key. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating or updating an instance without explicitly setting security.idmap.isolated, bypassing the target project's security constraints.
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Fixes
Solution
Upgrade to LXD version 4.0.12 or later, 5.0.8 or later, or 5.12.6 or later, or 6.10 or later.
Workaround
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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000
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| Description | An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass project-level container isolation restrictions. When a project is configured with restrictions on container privileges (such as enforcing restricted.containers.privilege=isolated), LXD fails to enforce the requirement if an instance configuration omits the security.idmap.isolated key. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating or updating an instance without explicitly setting security.idmap.isolated, bypassing the target project's security constraints. | |
| Title | Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated` | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-12T19:31:32.323Z
Reserved: 2026-07-16T09:49:29.911Z
Link: CVE-2026-63295
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-12T20:17:47.303
Modified: 2026-08-12T20:17:47.303
Link: CVE-2026-63295
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-12T23:00:05Z
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