Incus 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.
History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Description Incus 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.
Title Incus before 6.0.7, 6.1.0 before 7.0.2, and 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 Arbitrary File Write via Recursive File Pull
First Time appeared Linuxcontainers
Linuxcontainers incus
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linuxcontainers
Linuxcontainers incus
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-22T19:13:47.035Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T15:01:16.157Z

Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:24:28.627Z

Link: CVE-2026-115378

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T14:48:27.883Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:44.600

Modified: 2026-10-23T17:06:36.030

Link: CVE-2026-115378

cve-icon Redhat

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