CRITICALVulnerability

CVE-2026-66898

A path traversal vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to manipulate file system paths during backup import and restore operations. When importing or restoring a backup archive, LXD fails to validate instance and storage volume names contained within the archive metadata. An attacker can exploit this flaw by supplying a crafted backup archive with malicious instance or volume names containing path traversal sequences, potentially allowing file access or overwriting outside the designated restore directory.

Properties

severity
CRITICAL
score
9.9
cve_id
CVE-2026-66898
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
published_at
2026-08-12T21:17:39.700
last_modified
2026-08-28T15:24:38.600

Related Entities (2)

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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