CVE-2026-66898Critical· 9.9▾ MidnightA 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 c…
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 54.5 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.3%
0.3% → 0.4%
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.
lxd >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.12lxd >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.4lxd >= 5.1, < 5.21.2lxd = 6.0Upgrade past the affected range:
lxd 5.21.2Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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