CVE-2026-33542

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, a lack of validation of the image fingerprint when downloading from simplestreams image servers opens the door to image cache poisoning and under very narrow circumstances exposes other tenants to running attacker controlled images rather than the expected one. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue.

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8mm-23gg-jc9r	Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 Mar 2026, 18:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus::::::::
References	~~() https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8mm-23gg-jc9r -~~	() https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-p8mm-23gg-jc9r - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Linuxcontainers Linuxcontainers incus

Information

Published : 2026-03-26 23:16

Updated : 2026-03-30 18:48

NVD link : CVE-2026-33542

Mitre link : CVE-2026-33542

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-33542

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linuxcontainers

incus

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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