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CVE-2026-48754: Incus: Nil-pointer dereference in createDependentVolumesFromBackup on disk.{Volume,VolumeSnapshots,Pool}

June 26, 2026

(*backend).createDependentVolumesFromBackup in internal/server/storage/backend.go contains a cluster of unguarded pointer derefs on every dependent-volume entry’s VolumeSnapshots[i], Volume, and Pool sub-fields. An authenticated user with can_create_instances permission on any project can crash the incusd daemon by uploading an instance backup tarball whose dependent_volumes[*] block contains a nil snapshot pointer (or omits volume: / pool:).

This is a sibling-field variant of the 2026-05-04 batch fix d768f81c0a1d985f35ae56219519822b080bf5e3 (“Properly check dependent volumes on import”). That commit added if disk == nil at the top of the outer loop, but did not guard the four sub-pointer fields the loop body dereferences naked.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8
  • github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-4xg6-52mh-fpw8
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48754

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Affected versions

All versions before 7.1.0

Fixed versions

  • 7.1.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.1.0 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Source file

go/github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd/CVE-2026-48754.yml

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