MediumFix available
lxd — security advisory
Nil-pointer dereference in CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup in LXD up to version 6.8 and 5.21 on Linux allows an authenticated user with can_create_storage_volumes permissions to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted custom-volume backup tarball that omits the expires_at snapshot field.
- Products
- 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
- Fixed versions
- 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u7
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-9639
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:18 UTC · Revision 2
Source evidence
Nil-pointer dereference in CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup in LXD up to version 6.8 and 5.21 on Linux allows an authenticated user with can_create_storage_volumes permissions to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted custom-volume backup tarball that omits the expires_at snapshot field.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9639
lxd
Fixed versions: Not specified
lxd
Fixed versions: 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u7
Complete source record
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"5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-7",
"5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-8",
"5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9",
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"modified": "2026-10-26T11:47:28.503923754Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2026-06-26T16:16:37.143+00:00"
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