CVE-2026-115378

NameCVE-2026-115378
DescriptionIncus before 6.0.7, 6.1.0 before 7.0.2, and 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in sftpRecursivePullFile that allows a malicious incus-agent to escape the target directory during incus file pull -r. Attackers with root in a virtual machine can return duplicate entries reported first as symlinks then as files or directories, writing attacker-controlled files such as /etc/shadow on the operator's host.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
incus (PTS)trixie6.0.4-2+deb13u10vulnerable
trixie (security)6.0.4-2+deb13u11vulnerable
forky7.0.1-5fixed
sid7.0.2-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
incussource(unstable)7.0.1-5

Notes

[trixie] - incus <postponed> (Wait until 6.x backport is available)
https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-wfvq-qh87-gm4j

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