CVE-2026-9639 (GCVE-0-2026-9639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-26 15:39 – Updated: 2026-06-26 16:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Authenticated Denial of Service via Malicious Backup Tarball in LXD
Summary
Nil-pointer dereference in CreateCustomVolumeFromBackup in LXD up to version 6.8 and 5.21 on Linux allows an authenticated user with can_create_storage_volumes permissions to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted custom-volume backup tarball that omits the expires_at snapshot field.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-26 16:01 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL pointer dereference
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisor… | vdb-entryvendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18320 | patch |
| https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18390 | patch |
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