CVE-2025-64507

Name
CVE-2025-64507
Description
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. An issue in versions prior to 6.0.6 and 6.19.0 affects any Incus user in an environment where an unprivileged user may have root access to a container with an attached custom storage volume that has the `security.shifted` property set to `true` as well as access to the host as an unprivileged user. The most common case for this would be systems using `incus-user` with the less privileged `incus` group to provide unprivileged users with an isolated restricted access to Incus. Such users may be able to create a custom storage volume with the necessary property (depending on kernel and filesystem support) and can then write a setuid binary from within the container which can be executed as an unprivileged user on the host to gain root privileges. A patch for this issue is expected in versions 6.0.6 and 6.19.0. As a workaround, permissions can be manually restricted until a patched version of Incus is deployed.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/lxc/incus/issues/2641
MISC https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/2642
CONFIRM https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-56mx-8g9f-5crf

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
incus >= 0 < 6.0.6
incus >= 6.1.0 < 6.19.0
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* incus >= None < 6.0.6

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r7 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r6 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r5 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r4 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r3 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r2 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r1 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.5-r0 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.4-r5 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.4-r4 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.4-r3 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.4-r2 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.4-r1 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.4-r0 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.3-r4 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.3-r3 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.3-r2 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.3-r1 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.3-r0 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus edge-community 6.0.2-r0 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.23-community 6.0.5-r7 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.23-community 6.0.5-r6 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.23-community 6.0.5-r5 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.23-community 6.0.5-r4 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.22-community 6.0.5-r3 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.22-community 6.0.5-r2 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.22-community 6.0.5-r1 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.22-community 6.0.5-r0 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
incus 3.22-community 6.0.4-r2 Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable