CVE-2026-48754

Low

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, `(*backend).createDependentVolumesFromBackup` in `internal/server/storage/backend.go` contains a cluster of unguarded pointer derefs on every dependent-volume entry's `VolumeSnapshots[i]`, `Volume`, and `Pool` sub-fields. An authenticated user with `can_create_instances` permission on any project can crash the `incusd` daemon by uploading an instance backup tarball whose `dependent_volumes[*]` block contains a nil snapshot pointer (or omits `volume:` / `pool:`). This is a sibling-field variant of the 2026-05-04 batch fix `d768f81c0a1d985f35ae56219519822b080bf5e3` ("Properly check dependent volumes on import"). That commit added `if disk == nil` at the top of the outer loop, but did not guard the four sub-pointer fields the loop body dereferences naked. Version 7.1.0 contains an updated patch.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductGithub.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd
PublishedAug 21, 2026
First seenAug 21, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd7.1.0 or later
  • github.com/lxc/incus/v77.1.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusdGov < 7.1.07.1.0
github.com/lxc/incusGoNo range specified—
github.com/lxc/incus/v6GoNo range specified—
github.com/lxc/incus/v7Gov < 7.1.07.1.0

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