VDB-394118 · CVE-2026-48749 · GCVE-0-2026-48749

LXC Incus up to 7.1.x access control

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9.7	$0-$5k	0.67

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in LXC Incus up to 7.1.x and classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-48749. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LXC Incus up to 7.1.x. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, a specially crafted image can be used to read or create/write arbitrary files on the host; possibly leading to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.2.0 fixes the issue.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-48749 since 05/22/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/21/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 7.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Incus

Version

Website

Product: https://github.com/lxc/incus/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.7

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 9.9
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒

CVSSv2info

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VulDB Base Score: 🔒
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Incus 7.2.0

Timelineinfo

05/22/2026 CVE reserved
08/21/2026 +91 days Advisory disclosed
08/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-48749 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-48749
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-394118

Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2026 16:40
Changes: 08/21/2026 16:40 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103