CVE-2026-115377
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Incus before 6.0.7, 6.1.0 before 7.0.2, and 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability that allows malicious migration sources to write host files by planting symlinks in transferred volumes. Attackers can craft rsync or btrfs receive streams with a symlink such as rootfs pointing to the host root, writing files as root for full host compromise.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.4
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-22 19:17:44.460000
Last modified
2026-10-29 13:17:05.473000
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