DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40195
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and accesses members of the parsed backup configuration without first verifying that the configuration object was initialized. A malicious or malformed index.yaml that omits the config block causes a nil-pointer dereference during bucket import operations and terminates the daemon. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40195
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40195
incus
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 6.0.4-2
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u1~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u2~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u3~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u4Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u4~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u5Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u5~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u6Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u6~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions6.0.4-2+deb13u7~bpo12+1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 6.0.4-2+deb13u7
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
incus
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 6.0.4-2
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.4-3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-4Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-5Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-6Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-7Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.5-8Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.6-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.6-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.0.6-3Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.14.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.15.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.16.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.17.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.20.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.21.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.22.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions6.23.0-1~exp1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions7.0.0-1~bpo13+1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- 7.0.0-1
Source reference:
/affected/1/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"name": "incus",
"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/incus?arch=source&distro=trixie",
"ecosystem": "Debian:13"
},
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"6.0.4-2+deb13u1",
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"6.0.4-2+deb13u2~bpo12+1",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u3",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u3~bpo12+1",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u4",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u4~bpo12+1",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u5",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u5~bpo12+1",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u6",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u6~bpo12+1",
"6.0.4-2+deb13u7~bpo12+1"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40195.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
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"6.0.5-5",
"6.0.5-6",
"6.0.5-7",
"6.0.5-8",
"6.0.6-1",
"6.0.6-2",
"6.0.6-3",
"6.14.0-1~exp1",
"6.15.0-1~exp1",
"6.16.0-1~exp1",
"6.17.0-1~exp1",
"6.20.0-1~exp1",
"6.21.0-1~exp1",
"6.22.0-1~exp1",
"6.23.0-1~exp1",
"7.0.0-1~bpo13+1"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40195.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
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