External Control of File Name or Path Affecting github.com/lxc/incus/internal/server/storage package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMLXCINCUSINTERNALSERVERSTORAGE-17707487
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed26 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-48749  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for github.com/lxc/incus/internal/server/storage.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path through the rootfs symlink during image extraction. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive files and perform arbitrary file creation or modification on the host by importing a specially crafted image containing a malicious symlink.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1