CVE-2026-63300

Cross-project instance move bypasses all project restrictions allowing host command execution

State
Published
Severity
9.9 Critical
Published
Aug 12, 2026
Updated
Aug 13, 2026
Reserved
Jul 16, 2026

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Description

An improper validation vulnerability in the instancePostMigration function in lxd/instance_post.go of LXD allows an authenticated attacker with can_create_instances permissions on a restricted project to bypass project-level security restrictions. When migrating an instance between projects, LXD fails to validate the instance's configuration against the target project's enforced restrictions (such as restricted.containers.lowlevel, restricted.devices.*, and restricted.networks.access). An attacker can exploit this by creating a disallowed or high-privilege instance in an unrestricted project and subsequently moving it into the restricted project.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hcanonical

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LXDCanonical
  • 5.0.0 to before 5.0.8Affected
  • 5.21.0 to before 5.21.6Affected
  • 6.0 to before 6.10Affected

References

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