Improper Input Validation Affecting github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd package, versions <7.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.73% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMLXCINCUSV7CMDINCUSD-17707540
  • published30 Jun 2026
  • disclosed26 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-48769  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd to version 7.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the imageDownload process. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on the host system and potentially execute arbitrary commands as root by supplying a crafted Incus-Image-Hash header containing directory traversal sequences in a malicious image server response.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1