9.1

CVE-2026-34178: canonical lxd Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 9.1v3.1CriticalAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-34178DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34178GHSA-q96j-3fmm-7fv4
Published 09-04-2026Last modified 09-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-34178 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in canonical lxd. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · +0.25 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1

Timeline

  1. 09-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Canonical LXD before 6.8, the backup import path validates project restrictions against backup/index.yaml in the supplied tar archive but creates the instance from backup/container/backup.yaml, a separate file in the same archive that is never checked against project restrictions. An authenticated remote attacker with instance-creation permission in a restricted project can craft a backup archive where backup.yaml carries restricted settings such as security.privileged=true or raw.lxc directives, bypassing all project restriction enforcement and allowing full host compromise.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.25 pp

From 0.42% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Lxd

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • incus< 6.0.4-2+deb13u6 | < 6.0.6-3
  • lxdAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u5
Canonical1 product
  • lxd≥ 4.12.0, < 5.0.7 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.21.5 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.8.0 | ≥ 4.12, ≤ 5.0.6 | ≥ 5.21.0, ≤ 5.21.4 | ≥ 6.0, ≤ 6.7
Github.com/canonical1 product
  • lxd≥ 0.0.0-20210305023314-538ac3df036e, ≤ 0.0.0-20260226085519-736f34afb267 | ≥ 0.0.0-20210305023314-538ac3df036e (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • incusAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 5 products

References

7 links