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Critical 9.9Published Aug 12, 2026

CVE-2026-63296Project restriction bypass via instance migration config override

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Canonical LXD. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project restrictions during instance migration. When migrating an instance to a target project, LXD accepts configuration overrides without validating the new configuration against the target project's enforced restrictions. An attacker can exploit this flaw to move instances with disallowed high-privilege configurations into restricted projects, bypassing security controls.

CVSS
9.9 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
canonical
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Aug 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Canonical LXD
canonical:lxd (from the name)
from 5.0.0 before 5.0.8; from 5.21.0 before 5.21.6; from 6.0 before 6.10
CNA record
canonical lxd
canonical:lxd
from 5.0.0 before 5.0.8; from 5.1 before 5.21.6; from 6.0 before 6.10
NVD

References

  • vdb-entry, vendor-advisory, exploit, mitigation

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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