Signature bypass in Incus S3 presigned uploads exposes other objects
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-347.
Summary
Incus from 7.0.0 before 7.0.2 and from 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 contains a signature verification flaw in its built-in S3 server (CWE-347). Holders of a presigned upload URL can inject unsigned x-amz-* headers into their requests. An attacker with such a URL can add an unsigned X-Amz-Copy-Source header to copy other bucket objects onto the granted key, disclosing their contents and ETags.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Incus 7.0.0 before 7.0.2 and 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 contains a signature verification flaw in its built-in S3 server that allows presigned URL holders to inject unsigned x-amz-* headers. Attackers can add an unsigned X-Amz-Copy-Source header to a presigned upload URL to copy other bucket objects onto the granted key, disclosing their contents and ETags.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
The fixed versions are Incus 7.0.2 and Incus 7.5.0.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA incus (lxc) Fixed in 7.0.2, 7.5.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
lxc incus 7.0.2, 7.5.0
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-79460 Path traversal in Incus lets clients write files on the hostPriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-79461 Incus lets restricted clients copy volumes from other projectsPriority LOW 36
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115374
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-m6pj-594x-rw4f
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More lxc vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-115374 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115374 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m6pj-594x-rw4f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-115374 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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