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CVE-2026-48754
Published:August 21, 2026
Updated:September 24, 2026
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, "(*backend).createDependentVolumesFromBackup" in "internal/server/storage/backend.go" contains a cluster of unguarded pointer derefs on every dependent-volume entry's "VolumeSnapshots[i]", "Volume", and "Pool" sub-fields. An authenticated user with "can_create_instances" permission on any project can crash the "incusd" daemon by uploading an instance backup tarball whose "dependent_volumes[*]" block contains a nil snapshot pointer (or omits "volume:" / "pool:"). This is a sibling-field variant of the 2026-05-04 batch fix "d768f81c0a1d985f35ae56219519822b080bf5e3" ("Properly check dependent volumes on import"). That commit added "if disk == nil" at the top of the outer loop, but did not guard the four sub-pointer fields the loop body dereferences naked. Version 7.1.0 contains an updated patch.
Affected Packages
github.com/lxc/incus (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20170216052942-23da0234979f <v7.1.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v7.1.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
POC
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
NULL Pointer Dereference
EPSS
Base Score:
0.28