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TI-2026-58518 Aliases CVE-2026-85185

Path traversal in LXD btrfs storage driver allows arbitrary file deletion and write on host as root

Priority HIGH 74CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Path traversal in the btrfs storage driver in Canonical LXD versions 4.0.2 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8 and 6.10) on Linux allows an authenticated client with permission to create instances in a project to delete arbitrary files on the host as root. On hosts whose root filesystem is btrfs, the client can also place attacker-controlled content at arbitrary host paths, leading to full host compromise. The client does this with a crafted subvolume path containing ../ sequences, sent in either of two ways: in the optimized_header.yaml of an optimized btrfs backup, or in the btrfs migration header sent by a malicious migration source.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00369 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed LXD (Canonical): 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8 +1

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
CanonicalLXD4.0.2 to before 4.0.14; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.10; 5.21.0 to before 5.21.8; 6.0 to before 6.104.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6.10Patch availableCNA
  • LXD VendorCanonical Affected 4.0.2 to before 4.0.14; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.10; 5.21.0 to before 5.21.8; 6.0 to before 6.10 Fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6.10 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

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

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Canonical

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA LXD (Canonical) Fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6.10

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Canonical LXD 4.0.14, 5.0.10 and 2 more versions

    4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-58681 Path traversal via Btrfs optimized-backup subvolumes[].path enables root file/dir manipulation in LXDPriority HIGH 76
    • TI-2026-59106 CLI Path Traversal via Content-Disposition in LXD Image Export/CopyPriority MEDIUM 53
    • TI-2026-59920 Arbitrary file write on LXD host via symlink in migration streamPriority MEDIUM 43
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-85185

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-09349 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05854 smtp_mailaddr in smtp_session.c in OpenSMTPD 6.6, as used in OpenBSD 6.6 and other… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-01431 Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-12627 Exim 4.92 through 4.92.2 allows remote code execution, a different vulnerability than… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-07471 OS command injection in exim KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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