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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0779

NIXPKGS-2026-0779
published on 27 Mar 2026
Permalink CVE-2026-33898
8.8 HIGH
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): REQUIRED
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): HIGH
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
updated 1 day ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
  • Created automatic suggestion
  • @LeSuisse removed
    3 packages
    • incus-ui-canonical
    • terraform-providers.incus
    • terraform-providers.lxc_incus
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Local Incus UI web server vulnerable to nuthentication bypass

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, the web server spawned by `incus webui` incorrectly validates the authentication token such that an invalid value will be accepted. `incus webui` runs a local web server on a random localhost port. For authentication, it provides the user with a URL containing an authentication token. When accessed with that token, Incus creates a cookie persisting that token without needing to include it in subsequent HTTP requests. While the Incus client correctly validates the value of the cookie, it does not correctly validate the token when passed int the URL. This allows for an attacker able to locate and talk to the temporary web server on localhost to have as much access to Incus as the user who ran `incus webui`. This can lead to privilege escalation by another local user or an access to the user's Incus instances and possibly system resources by a remote attack able to trick the local user into interacting with the Incus UI web server. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue.

Affected products

incus
  • ==< 6.23.0

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Ignored packages (3)

Package maintainers

Upstream advisory: https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-453r-g2pg-cxxq