Critical severity9.9NVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2026· Updated Sep 18, 2026

CVE-2026-48753

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, the S3 protocol upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal and allows creation of arbitrary files on the host. This behavior could lead to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 fixes the issue.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusdGo	< 7.1.0	7.1.0

Affected products

Lxc/Incusllm-fuzzy
Range: <7.1.0
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/incus&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 7.4-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccjc-4qc3-jxqcghsaADVISORY
github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-ccjc-4qc3-jxqcnvdWEB

News mentions

Incus: 18 Vulnerabilities Disclosed, Nine Critical, Allowing Root Access
Vypr Intelligence · Aug 21, 2026

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