CVE-2026-48756

NameCVE-2026-48756
DescriptionIncus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, `(*backend).CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup` in `internal/server/storage/backend.go` contains an unguarded `*time.Time` dereference on the `ExpiresAt` field of every volume-snapshot entry in an imported custom-volume backup. An authenticated user with `can_create_storage_volumes` permission on any project can crash the `incusd` daemon by uploading a backup tarball whose `volume_snapshots[*].expires_at` field is absent. This is a sibling-field variant of GHSA-r7w7-mmxr-47r9 (CVE-2026-40197). Commit `985a1dedf9f3e7ba729c93b654905ed510de25c2` added `if s == nil` at the top of the loop body, but did not guard the adjacent `*snapshot.ExpiresAt` deref 19 lines later. Every other consumer of `Config.VolumeSnapshots[i].ExpiresAt` in this same file already gates the deref with a nil-check — the asymmetric guard is the bug. Version 7.1.0 contains an updated patch.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-6370-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
incus (PTS)trixie6.0.4-2+deb13u8fixed
trixie (security)6.0.4-2+deb13u9fixed
forky, sid7.0.1-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
incussourcetrixie6.0.4-2+deb13u8DSA-6370-1
incussource(unstable)7.0.0-2

Notes

https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3425
https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-xhqx-mgh3-3h7q

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