Description
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, the S3 protocol upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal and allows creation of arbitrary files on the host. This behavior could lead to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 fixes the issue.
Published: 2026-08-21
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ccjc-4qc3-jxqc Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload
History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, the S3 protocol upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal and allows creation of arbitrary files on the host. This behavior could lead to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 fixes the issue.
Title Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload
Weaknesses CWE-73
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T15:36:43.317Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T19:39:05.355Z

Link: CVE-2026-48753

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T15:16:40.800

Modified: 2026-08-21T15:16:40.800

Link: CVE-2026-48753

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T15:30:05Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-73

    External Control of File Name or Path