CVE-2026-28384 Affecting incus package, versions <6.0.6-r0
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- published19 Mar 2026
- disclosed12 Mar 2026
Introduced: 12 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-28384 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.23 incus to version 6.0.6-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream incus package and not the incus package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.
An improper sanitization of the compression_algorithm parameter in Canonical LXD allows an authenticated, unprivileged user to execute commands as the LXD daemon on the LXD server via API calls to the image and backup endpoints. This issue affected LXD from 4.12 through 6.6 and was fixed in the snap versions 5.0.6-e49d9f4 (channel 5.0/stable), 5.21.4-1374f39 (channel 5.21/stable), and 6.7-1f11451 (channel 6.0 stable). The channel 4.0/stable is not affected as it contains version 4.0.10.
References
- https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-authenticated-remote-code-execution-fixes-available/78365
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/043696a13171ace7dd4c2b32d34ce039ab629052
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/7046979645c2ce1b63b2f9e60ddf6cbc4c4b78f9
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/b7b411caf5c4971bfe2386c72128f44d7e2aaf4f
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-4rmf-rcp8-2r9g