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Permalink CVE-2026-63294

9.9 CRITICAL

CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
User Interaction (UI): None (N)
Scope (S): Changed (C)
Confidentiality (C): High (H)
Integrity (I): High (H)
Availability (A): High (H)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
Modified Scope (MS): Changed (C)
Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
Modified Availability (MA): High (H)

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Created suggestion 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Root RCE via image backup.yaml symlink

A link following vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to achieve root command execution on the host system. During the import or unpacking of crafted image or backup archives, LXD fails to properly validate and confine the backup.yaml file when it exists as a symbolic link. An attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a malicious archive with a symlinked backup.yaml file, causing LXD to process unconfined configuration metadata and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.