CVE-2026-87799
CRITICAL
9,9
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
Improper link resolution in the migration receive path in Canonical LXD versions 4.0 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8 and 6.10) on Linux allows an authenticated client that can create instances or custom storage volumes in a project, or a malicious migration source server, to write attacker-controlled files to arbitrary paths on the target host as root, leading to full host compromise. The attacker does this with a crafted rsync or btrfs send stream that plants a symlink in the transferred volume, such as rootfs or root.img, and then writes through it.
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Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality
Integrity
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Read Files Or Directories
Modify Files Or Directories
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Applicable Platforms
Operating Systems:
Windows, Unix
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-fmc3-3cpq-6whr