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CVE-2026-40197: Incus nil-pointer dereference in custom volume import allows denial of service

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: lxc incus 7.0.0.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to lxc incus 7.0.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage volume import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage volume feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The custom volume backup import subsystem contains a nil-pointer dereference vulnerability during import operations. In the snapshot import loop, the daemon iterates over entries from `srcBackup.Config.VolumeSnapshots` and assumes that each slice element is initialized, then dereferences fields such as `Name`, `Config`, `Description`, `CreatedAt`, and `ExpiresAt` without first validating the element itself. Because the yaml unmarshaler accepts explicit null array elements from an attacker-controlled index.yaml and converts them into nil pointers inside the slice, an attacker can supply a backup archive containing a null entry in the volume_snapshots array. This causes a nil-pointer dereference during custom volume import and terminates the daemon, resulting in denial of service on the affected node. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 6, 2026
Updated
Oct 26, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 32th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · GitHub_M
7.1
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linuxcontainers incusbefore 7.0.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • lxc incus

    • < 7.0.0affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12lxdfrom 0—
Debian:13incusbefore 6.0.4-2+deb13u76.0.4-2+deb13u7
Debian:13lxdbefore 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u65.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u6
Debian:14incusbefore 7.0.0-17.0.0-1
Gogithub.com/lxc/incusfrom 0—
Gogithub.com/lxc/incus/v6from 0—
Gogithub.com/lxc/incus/v6/cmd/incusdbefore 7.0.07.0.0
Gogithub.com/lxc/incus/v7before 7.0.07.0.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-33897Incus vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write through pongo templates
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-33945Abitrary file write through systemd-creds option
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2026-33898Local Incus UI web server vulnerable to nuthentication bypass
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-35527May 5, 2026 · Incus blind SSRF via image import preflight HEAD request
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-40195May 6, 2026 · Incus nil-pointer dereference in storage bucket import allows denial of service
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-40243May 6, 2026 · Incus OVN TLS verification accepts peer-supplied roots and permits endpoint impersonation
    9Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
lxc incus7.0.0 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
debian:incus6.0.4-2+deb13u7 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:lxd5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u6 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/lxc/incus/v6/cmd/incusd7.0.0Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/lxc/incus/v77.0.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-401950 days apartIncus nil-pointer dereference in storage bucket import allows denial of service
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-416471 days apartIncus: Nil-Pointer Dereference via S3 Bucket Import
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-416841 days apartIncus: Nil Dereferences on Restore via Malformed YAML
    26Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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