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TI-2026-36025 Aliases CVE-2026-48754GHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8

Incus: Nil-pointer dereference in createDependentVolumesFromBackup on disk.{Volume,VolumeSnapshots,Pool}

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, `(*backend).createDependentVolumesFromBackup` in `internal/server/storage/backend.go` contains a cluster of unguarded pointer derefs on every dependent-volume entry's `VolumeSnapshots[i]`, `Volume`, and `Pool` sub-fields. An authenticated user with `can_create_instances` permission on any project can crash the `incusd` daemon by uploading an instance backup tarball whose `dependent_volumes[*]` block contains a nil snapshot pointer (or omits `volume:` / `pool:`). This is a sibling-field variant of the 2026-05-04 batch fix `d768f81c0a1d985f35ae56219519822b080bf5e3` ("Properly check dependent volumes on import"). That commit added `if disk == nil` at the top of the outer loop, but did not guard the four sub-pointer fields the loop body dereferences naked. Version 7.1.0 contains an updated patch.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00382 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed incus (lxc): 7.1.0github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd (Go): 7.1.0

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 7.1.07.1.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd (Go)before 7.1.07.1.0Patch availableGHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8
  • incus Vendorlxc Affected before 7.1.0 Fixed in 7.1.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd (Go) Vendor— Affected before 7.1.0 Fixed in 7.1.0 Patch available GHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——lxc
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·lxc

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA incus (lxc) Fixed in 7.1.0
  • Fix · GHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8 github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd (Go) Fixed in 7.1.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48754
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8

References

Other 2

  • TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-45063 Incus vulnerable to root RCE via image backup.yaml symlink CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-44978 Incus: Cross-project instance copy bypasses target project restrictions via TOCTOU in config merge CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-36039 Incus has an arbitrary file write on its client due to trusted image hash CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-36024 Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-36022 Incus has a restricted project bypass leading to arbitrary command execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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