CVE-2026-85185 Affecting incus package, versions <6.0.4-2+deb13u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-INCUS-20257468
  • published29 Sept 2026
  • disclosed28 Sept 2026

Introduced: 28 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest incus to version 6.0.4-2+deb13u1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.