CVE-2026-48755

Published: Aug 21, 2026Modified: Aug 21, 2026

9.9

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.1 / Impact: 6.0

Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, improper validation of user-provided backup compression algorithm leads to argument injection in the constructed command line. This leads to an arbitrary file write on the host, possibly leading to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 patches the issue.

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (1)

https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-v6mj-8pf4-hhw4

Source: security-advisories@github.com

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