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Permalink CVE-2026-9640

7.2 HIGH

CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Privileges Required (PR): High (H)
User Interaction (UI): None (N)
Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality (C): High (H)
Integrity (I): High (H)
Availability (A): High (H)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): High (H)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
Modified Availability (MA): High (H)

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Created suggestion 1 month ago

LXD Snapshot Import Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in LXD from 6.0 before 6.9, 5.21.0 before 5.21.5, and 5.0.0 before 5.0.7 regarding the handling of project-restriction policies during snapshot restoration.. An authenticated project operator in a restricted multi-tenant environment can bypass policy restrictions by importing a maliciously crafted instance backup containing restricted configuration keys within a snapshot. When the snapshot is restored, these restricted keys are applied to the live instance without policy validation. Starting the modified instance grants the operator unauthorized host root access.