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CVE-2026-48755: Incus has an argument injection in backup compression algorithm leading to AFW and ACE
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-21 · updated 2026-10-15
- Weakness: CWE-20
Description
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, improper validation of user-provided backup compression algorithm leads to argument injection in the constructed command line. This leads to an arbitrary file write on the host, possibly leading to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 patches the issue.
Affected products
- lxc incus: before 7.2.0
References
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