Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, when migrating an instance to another cluster member, user-supplied configuration overrides (including security-critical keys like `security.privileged` and `raw.lxc`) are applied without any project restriction enforcement, allowing a restricted project user to escalate to a privileged container and escape to the host. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6407-1 incus security update
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lxc
Lxc incus
Vendors & Products Lxc
Lxc incus

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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Description Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, when migrating an instance to another cluster member, user-supplied configuration overrides (including security-critical keys like `security.privileged` and `raw.lxc`) are applied without any project restriction enforcement, allowing a restricted project user to escalate to a privileged container and escape to the host. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.
Title Incus has a project restriction bypass via instance migration config override
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T15:13:46.664Z

Reserved: 2026-07-14T22:32:17.730Z

Link: CVE-2026-62940

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T15:16:46.147

Modified: 2026-08-21T16:17:52.780

Link: CVE-2026-62940

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T16:30:06Z

Weaknesses