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CVE-2026-33897

CVE-2026-33897 · Incus vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write through pongo templates

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Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, instance template files can be used to cause arbitrary read or writes as root on the host server. Incus allows for pongo2 templates within instances which can be used at various times in the instance lifecycle to template files inside of the instance. This particular implementation of pongo2 within Incus allowed for file read/write but with the expectation that the pongo2 chroot feature would isolate all such access to the instance's filesystem. This was allowed such that a template could theoretically read a file and then generate a new version of said file. Unfortunately the chroot isolation mechanism is entirely skipped by pongo2 leading to easy access to the entire system's filesystem with root privileges. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue.

CVSS 10.0 · Critical · EPSS 0.5% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • incus

    Versions
    • < 6.23.0: Affected

    No fix published

  • incus Debian:13

    Versions
    • 6.0.4-2
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u1
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u1~bpo12+1
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u2
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u2~bpo12+1
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u3
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u3~bpo12+1
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u4
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u4~bpo12+1
    • 6.0.4-2+deb13u5~bpo12+1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.0.4-2+deb13u5

    Update to 6.0.4-2+deb13u5

  • incus Debian:14

    Versions
    • 6.0.4-2
    • 6.0.4-3
    • 6.0.5-1
    • 6.0.5-2
    • 6.0.5-3
    • 6.0.5-4
    • 6.0.5-5
    • 6.0.5-6
    • 6.0.5-7
    • 6.0.5-8
    • 6.0.6-1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 6.0.6-2

    Update to 6.0.6-2

  • lxd Debian:12

    Versions
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-1
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-2
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-3
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-4
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-5
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-6
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-7
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-8
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9
    • 5.0.2-5
    • 5.0.2-5+deb12u1
    • 5.0.2-5+deb12u2
    • 5.0.2-5+deb12u3
    • 5.0.2-5+deb12u4
    • 5.0.2-5+deb12u5
    • 5.0.2-5+deb12u6
    • 5.0.2-6
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • lxd Debian:13

    Versions
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u1
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u2
    • 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u4

    Update to 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u4

  • lxd Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.20-0ubuntu4
    • 0.21-0ubuntu3
    • 0.21-0ubuntu5
    • 0.22-0ubuntu1
    • 0.22-0ubuntu2
    • 0.23-0ubuntu1
    • 0.23-0ubuntu2
    • 0.23-0ubuntu3
    • 0.24-0ubuntu2
    • 0.24-0ubuntu3
    • 0.24-0ubuntu4
    • 0.25-0ubuntu1
    • 0.26-0ubuntu2
    • 0.26-0ubuntu3
    • 0.27-0ubuntu1
    • 0.27-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu4
    • 2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu4
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu4
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu5
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu6
    • 2.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu7
    • 2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu4
    • 2.0.0~rc4-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc5-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu5
    • 2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu6
    • 2.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu7
    • 2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu4
    • 2.0.0~rc9-0ubuntu5
    • 2.0.0-0ubuntu1
    • 2.0.0-0ubuntu2
    • 2.0.0-0ubuntu3
    • 2.0.0-0ubuntu4
    • 2.0.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
    • 2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
    • 2.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2
    • 2.0.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
    • 2.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
    • 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
    • 2.0.8-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2
    • 2.0.9-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
    • 2.0.9-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
    • 2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
    • 2.0.10-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
    • 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.2
    • 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4
    • 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm1
    • 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm2
    • 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • lxd Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 2.18-0ubuntu6
    • 2.19-0ubuntu1
    • 2.20-0ubuntu3
    • 2.20-0ubuntu4
    • 2.21-0ubuntu1
    • 2.21-0ubuntu2
    • 2.21-0ubuntu3
    • 2.21-0ubuntu4
    • 3.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu3
    • 3.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu3
    • 3.0.0~beta5-0ubuntu2
    • 3.0.0~beta7-0ubuntu1
    • 3.0.0-0ubuntu1
    • 3.0.0-0ubuntu2
    • 3.0.0-0ubuntu3
    • 3.0.0-0ubuntu4
    • 3.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
    • 3.0.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
    • 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
    • 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
    • 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm1
    • 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm2
    • 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • lxd Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 1:0.7
    • 1:0.8
    • 1:0.9
    • 1:0.10
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • incus Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 0.4-1ubuntu1
    • 0.5.1-1
    • 0.5.1-3
    • 0.6-1
    • 6.0.0-1
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.1
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.2
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
    • 6.0.0-1ubuntu0.3+esm3
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • incus Ubuntu:25.10

    Versions
    • 6.0.3-4
    • 6.0.4-2
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • incus Ubuntu:26.10

    Versions
    • 6.0.5-8
    • 7.0.1-5
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

  • incus Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS

    Versions
    • 6.0.4-2
    • 6.0.5-8
    • 6.0.5-8ubuntu0.26.04.1~esm1
    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)

    No fix published

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