UNKNOWNCVE-2026-33945

Incus has an abitrary file write through its systemd-creds options

Platform

go

Component

github.com/lxc/incus/v6

Fixed in

6.23.0

### Summary Incus instances have an option to provide credentials to systemd in the guest. For containers, this is handled through a shared directory. An attacker can use the name of a systemd credential to escape that directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the host system. This can in turn be used to perform local privilege escalation or cause a DoS. ### Details An attacker can set a configuration key named something like `systemd.credential.../../../../../../root/.bashrc` to cause Incus to write outside of the `credentials` directory associated with the container. This makes use of the fact that the Incus syntax for such credentials is `systemd.credential.XYZ` where `XYZ` can itself contain more periods. While it's not possible to read any data this way, it's possible to write to arbitrary files as root, enabling both privilege escalation and denial of service attacks. ### Credit This issue was discovered and reported by the team at [7asecurity](https://7asecurity.com/)

How to fix

Actualice Incus a la versión 6.23.0 o superior. Esta versión corrige la vulnerabilidad que permite la escritura arbitraria de archivos. La actualización se puede realizar a través del gestor de paquetes del sistema o descargando la nueva versión desde el sitio web oficial.

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