Description
An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD due to a timing flaw during configuration merging allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project restrictions during cross-project instance copies. When copying an instance to a target project, LXD performs restriction checks before configuration merging is complete, creating a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) condition. An attacker can exploit this flaw to copy instances with disallowed high-privilege configurations into restricted projects, bypassing security controls.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to LXD version 5.0.8 or later, or 5.12.6 or later.

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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD due to a timing flaw during configuration merging allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project restrictions during cross-project instance copies. When copying an instance to a target project, LXD performs restriction checks before configuration merging is complete, creating a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) condition. An attacker can exploit this flaw to copy instances with disallowed high-privilege configurations into restricted projects, bypassing security controls.
Title Cross-project instance copy bypasses target project restrictions via TOCTOU in config merge
Weaknesses CWE-367
CWE-863
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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T19:25:24.420Z

Reserved: 2026-07-16T09:49:29.911Z

Link: CVE-2026-63297

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-367

    Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

  • CWE-863

    Incorrect Authorization