CVE-2026-9639

Authenticated Denial of Service via Malicious Backup Tarball in LXD

Published Jun 26, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Nil-pointer dereference in CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup in LXD up to version 6.8 and 5.21 on Linux allows an authenticated user with can_create_storage_volumes permissions to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted custom-volume backup tarball that omits the expires_at snapshot field.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to LXD version 5.21.5 or later, or 6.9 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6373-1 lxd security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j93m-3j9p-m5m8 LXD has CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup nil-pointer dereference on volumes[0].snapshots[*].expires_at
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical lxd
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical lxd
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Nil-pointer dereference in CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup in LXD up to version 6.8 and 5.21 on Linux allows an authenticated user with can_create_storage_volumes permissions to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted custom-volume backup tarball that omits the expires_at snapshot field.
Title Authenticated Denial of Service via Malicious Backup Tarball in LXD
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Jun 26, 2026, 4:02 PM
Reserved
May 26, 2026, 6:31 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 26, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 5:10 PM