VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-9640

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-06-26
Last modified2026-10-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in LXD from 6.0 before 6.9, 5.21.0 before 5.21.5, and 5.0.0 before 5.0.7 regarding the handling of project-restriction policies during snapshot restoration.. An authenticated project operator in a restricted multi-tenant environment can bypass policy restrictions by importing a maliciously crafted instance backup containing restricted configuration keys within a snapshot. When the snapshot is restored, these restricted keys are applied to the live instance without policy validation. Starting the modified instance grants the operator unauthorized host root access.

Weakness classification

  • security@ubuntu.com: CWE-863

Primary references