CVE-2026-40243

NameCVE-2026-40243
DescriptionIncus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, broken TLS validation logic in the OVN database connection logic can allow connections to an attacker's OVN database. The OVN client implementations disable Go standard TLS server verification and replace it with custom peer-certificate verification logic. That replacement verifier does not anchor trust in the configured CA certificate. Instead, it constructs the verification root set from certificates supplied by the peer during the handshake, so the configured CA is parsed but not used as the trust anchor for the final verification decision. In OVN-enabled deployments that use these SSL database connection paths, an attacker able to impersonate or intercept the OVN endpoint on the management network can present a rogue self-signed certificate chain, and Incus will accept this certificate as valid. This issue defeats the intended CA-based trust model for OVN database connections and permits endpoint impersonation by an active attacker in a suitable network position. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.
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ReferencesDSA-6244-1
Debian Bugs1135644

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
incus (PTS)trixie (security), trixie6.0.4-2+deb13u7fixed
forky, sid7.0.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
incussourcetrixie6.0.4-2+deb13u7DSA-6244-1
incussource(unstable)7.0.0-11135644

Notes

https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-c839-4qxr-j4x3
https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3273

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