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ubuntu-cve-2026-63294

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-08-13 00:00

Modified

2026-08-13 00:00

Summary

Details

A link following vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to achieve root command execution on the host system. During the import or unpacking of crafted image or backup archives, LXD fails to properly validate and confine the backup.yaml file when it exists as a symbolic link. An attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a malicious archive with a symlinked backup.yaml file, causing LXD to process unconfined configuration metadata and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Severity

9.9 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-63294	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63294	REPORT
	https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisor…	REPORT

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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63294",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "upstream": [
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  ]
}

CVE-2026-63294 (GCVE-0-2026-63294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 19:57 – Updated: 2026-08-13 12:38

Title

Root RCE via image backup.yaml symlink

Summary

Severity

9.9 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-13 12:38 UTC

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

canonical

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisor…	vdb-entryvendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Canonical	LXD	Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.12 (semver) Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.8 (semver) Affected: 5.21.0 , < 5.21.6 (semver) Affected: 6.0 , < 6.10 (semver)

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