CVE-2026-40251
Published:May 06, 2026
Updated:May 16, 2026
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage volume import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage volume feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The backup restore subsystem contains an out-of-bounds panic vulnerability caused by an invalid bounds check when indexing snapshot metadata arrays, and the same flawed pattern also appears in the migration path. When iterating through physical snapshots provided in a backup archive, the loop uses the index to look up corresponding metadata in the parsed "Config.Snapshots" and "Config.VolumeSnapshots" slices. The guard condition "len(slice) >= i-1" is incorrect because it can still evaluate to true when the subsequent slice[i] access is out of bounds.
An attacker can submit a backup archive that contains physical snapshot directories while supplying a tampered "index.yaml" with an empty or truncated snapshot metadata array, causing the daemon to index beyond the end of the metadata slice and crash. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/lxc/incus.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v7.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.0.0github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v6.0.0-20250312022536-ca94f9f2d3dc <v7.0.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.0.0Related Resources (4)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05