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incus, lxd — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48751

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, instance snapshots ignore the `restricted.containers.lowlevel=block` setting; allowing for arbitrary command execution on the Incus server by abusing lowlevel hooks such as `raw.lxc` and `raw.qemu`. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.

Products
incus, lxd
Affected versions
5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-1, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-2, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-3, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-4, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-5, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-6, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-7, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-8, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u1, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u2, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u3, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u4, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u5, 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u6, 5.0.2-5, 5.0.2-5+deb12u1, 5.0.2-5+deb12u2, 5.0.2-5+deb12u3, 5.0.2-5+deb12u4, 5.0.2-5+deb12u5, 5.0.2-5+deb12u6, 5.0.2-6, 6.0.4-2, 6.0.4-2+deb13u1, 6.0.4-2+deb13u1~bpo12+1, 6.0.4-2+deb13u2, 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, 6.0.4-2+deb13u7~bpo12+1, 6.0.4-3, 6.0.5-1, 6.0.5-2, 6.0.5-3, 6.0.5-4, 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, 7.0.0-1~bpo13+1, 7.0.0-2, 7.0.0-2~bpo13+1, 7.0.0-3, 7.0.0-4, 7.0.0-5~bpo13+1
Fixed versions
5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u7, 6.0.4-2+deb13u8, 7.0.0-5
CVEs
CVE-2026-48751
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 19:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48751

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Aug 2026, 15:16 UTC

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, instance snapshots ignore the `restricted.containers.lowlevel=block` setting; allowing for arbitrary command execution on the Incus server by abusing lowlevel hooks such as `raw.lxc` and `raw.qemu`. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48751

incus

Fixed versions: 6.0.4-2+deb13u8

incus

Fixed versions: 7.0.0-5

lxd

Fixed versions: Not specified

lxd

Fixed versions: 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u7

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48751",
  "method": "structured",
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