GHSA-vghh-5rfx-xhq8: LXD has arbitrary file read+write on host via rootfs/ symlink in malicious image
A specially crafted image can be used to read or create/write arbitrary files on the host; possibly leading to arbitrary command execution.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vghh-5rfx-xhq8
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/190e2451544a60f6f924ef50a2112fb65d1923cd
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/254b85c9301397e25304116b63da9154093199da
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/3dbf4cea14124abda420dd5048d7e657cd30c1b7
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/4cd63344f8a523acf39fdc02a80fd64b2e3b584f
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/51dc11ed5258fbb54dd8993b802af02d6d7b0235
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/62bcee5471c2581fce10a648f6b27410ce081b87
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/8751ea69e24583996a20fb5519dcf2d89470d8e9
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/b499ec4b91dcc90f43aea444b1e19a58109772c2
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/e2aeca6b78677751bab36a7e4efaad0c840ed9fd
- github.com/canonical/lxd/commit/edb6d994f77333c9c33f4d9a137c754d142f3818
- github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-vghh-5rfx-xhq8
- github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-2q3f-q5pq-g8wv
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48749
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