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CVE-2026-62940

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.9 EPSS 0.23% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-21 · Last synced 2026-09-17

CyberRota Analysis

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Prior to version 7.3.0, Incus allowed user-supplied configuration overrides during instance migrations without enforcing project restrictions, enabling restricted project users to escalate privileges to a privileged container and potentially escape to the host system. This critical vulnerability poses a significant risk to the security of containerized environments. Organizations using affected versions of Incus should prioritize upgrading to version 7.3.0 to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-62940
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.9
EPSS
0.23%

Original NVD Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, when migrating an instance to another cluster member, user-supplied configuration overrides (including security-critical keys like `security.privileged` and `raw.lxc`) are applied without any project restriction enforcement, allowing a restricted project user to escalate to a privileged container and escape to the host. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.