{"id":"CVE-2026-48769","title":"Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager","summary":"Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, an arbitrary file write exists in the Incus client when a malicious image server returns a crafted `Incus-Image-Hash` header. This can lead to arbitrary com…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-20"],"vendor":"lxc","product":"github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd","affected":["github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd < 7.2.0"],"patched":["github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd 7.2.0"],"published":"2026-08-21","updated":"2026-09-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-18T20:09:01.757","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48769","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-f6m5-xw2g-xc4x","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-f6m5-xw2g-xc4x","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f6m5-xw2g-xc4x"}],"tags":["nvd","ghsa","go"],"epss":0.0054,"epssPercentile":0.4414,"ecosystem":"go","ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:24:35.281Z","slug":"CVE-2026-48769","body":"## Overview\n\nIncus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, an arbitrary file write exists in the Incus client when a malicious image server returns a crafted `Incus-Image-Hash` header. This can lead to arbitrary command execution as root on the server. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Package advisory (CVE-2026-48769)\n\nAffected packages:\n\n- `github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd < 7.2.0`\n\nPatched in:\n\n- `github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd 7.2.0`\n\nSource: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f6m5-xw2g-xc4x","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}