Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, when copying an instance across projects, the project restriction check (`AllowInstanceCreation`) runs BEFORE the source instance's configuration is merged into the request. Dangerous configuration keys (including `security.privileged`, `raw.lxc`, `raw.apparmor`) from the source instance are merged AFTER the check passes, bypassing all project restrictions on the target project. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6407-1 incus security update
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Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Lxc
Lxc incus
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Lxc incus

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Description Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, when copying an instance across projects, the project restriction check (`AllowInstanceCreation`) runs BEFORE the source instance's configuration is merged into the request. Dangerous configuration keys (including `security.privileged`, `raw.lxc`, `raw.apparmor`) from the source instance are merged AFTER the check passes, bypassing all project restrictions on the target project. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.
Title Incus: Cross-project instance copy bypasses target project restrictions via TOCTOU in config merge
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T16:44:16.507Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T22:32:17.731Z

Link: CVE-2026-62941

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T16:42:37.321Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T15:16:46.287

Modified: 2026-08-21T17:16:35.470

Link: CVE-2026-62941

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T17:00:04Z

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