6.5 MEDIUM
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
- Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
- Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
- User Interaction (UI): None (N)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): None (N)
- Integrity (I): None (N)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
by @LeSuisse Activity log
- Created suggestion
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@LeSuisse
ignored
3 packages
- incus-ui-canonical
- terraform-providers.incus
- terraform-providers.lxc_incus
- @LeSuisse accepted
- @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Incus: Nil Dereferences on Restore via Malformed YAML
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, backup.GetInfo() trusts the inline backup/index.yaml config when present and only falls back to parsing the legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file if result.Config == nil. As a result, an archive can carry a valid inline config that passes the initial import preflight while also carrying a malformed legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file that is reparsed later from the restored file system. ParseConfigYamlFile() accepts YAML documents with no container section, and multiple downstream consumers then dereference. Container without checking for nil. Confirmed examples in the instance restore and import flow include backup.UpdateInstanceConfig() and internalImportFromBackup(). An authenticated user with permission to import instance backups may be able to crash the Incus daemon with a crafted backup archive whose inline backup/index.yaml is valid but whose extracted legacy backup.yaml omits container. The crash occurs in the restore path after archive extraction has begun. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.0.
References
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https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r6-jr56-89pv x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.0.0 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
- ==< 7.0.0
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.incus
Powerful system container and virtual machine manager
pkgs.incus-lts
Powerful system container and virtual machine manager
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nixos-unstable 6.0.6-unstable-2026-03-27
- nixpkgs-unstable 6.0.6-unstable-2026-03-27
- nixos-unstable-small 6.0.6-unstable-2026-03-27
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nixos-25.11 6.0.6-unstable-2026-03-27
- nixos-25.11-small 6.0.6-unstable-2026-03-27
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin 6.0.6-unstable-2026-03-27
Ignored packages (3)
pkgs.incus-ui-canonical
Web user interface for Incus
pkgs.terraform-providers.incus
None
Package maintainers
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@adamcstephens Adam C. Stephens <happy.plan4249@valkor.net>
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@aanderse Aaron Andersen <aaron@fosslib.net>
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@herbetom Tom Herbers <nixos@tomherbers.de>
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@megheaiulian Meghea Iulian <iulian.meghea@gmail.com>