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TI-2026-30202 Aliases CVE-2026-41685GHSA-98vh-x9cx-9cfp

Incus: Unbounded binary import disk exhaustion

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, uploads of large amount of data by authenticated users can run the Incus server out of disk space, potentially taking down the host system. The impact here is limited for anyone using storage.images_volume and storage.backups_volume as those users will have large uploads be stored on those volumes rather than directly on the host filesystem. This is the default behavior on IncusOS. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00333 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed incus (lxc): 7.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
lxcincusbefore 7.0.07.0.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/lxc/incus/v6/cmd/incusd (Go)up to 6.23.0—No fix listedGHSA-98vh-x9cx-9cfp
  • incus Vendorlxc Affected before 7.0.0 Fixed in 7.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/lxc/incus/v6/cmd/incusd (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 6.23.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-98vh-x9cx-9cfp

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 7.0.0Vulnerablelxc
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.0.0 Vulnerable ·lxc

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA incus (lxc) Fixed in 7.0.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41685
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-98vh-x9cx-9cfp

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-19296 Incus container image templating arbitrary host file read and write CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-19295 Incus container environment configuration newline injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-39899 Incus vulnerable to local privilege escalation through custom storage volumes CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-29045 Incus out-of-bounds panic in snapshot metadata handling allows denial of service CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-29009 Incus nil-pointer dereference in storage bucket import allows denial of service CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2026-26122 Incus vulnerable to denial of source through crafted bucket backup file CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
See all 17 →

Sources

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