{"cve":"CVE-2026-33711","nvd":{"published":"2026-03-26T23:16:20.423","modified":"2026-06-17T10:37:58.047","status":"Analyzed","description":"Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Incus provides an API to retrieve VM screenshots. That API relies on the use of a temporary file for QEMU to write the screenshot to which is then picked up and sent to the user prior to deletion. As versions prior to 6.23.0 use predictable paths under /tmp for this, an attacker with local access to the system can abuse this mechanism by creating their own symlinks ahead of time. On the vast majority of Linux systems, this will result in a \"Permission denied\" error when requesting a screenshot. That's because the Linux kernel has a security feature designed to block such attacks, `protected_symlinks`. On the rare systems with this purposefully disabled, it's then possible to trick Incus intro truncating and altering the mode and permissions of arbitrary files on the filesystem, leading to a potential denial of service or possible local privilege escalation. Version 6.23.0 fixes the issue.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","score":4.7},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-61"],"references":["https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-q9vp-3wcg-8p4x","https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-q9vp-3wcg-8p4x"],"products":["linuxcontainers:incus"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:28:18.033120106+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-33711","score":0.00364,"percentile":0.302,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q9vp-3wcg-8p4x","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q9vp-3wcg-8p4x","summary":"Incus vulnerable to local privilege escalation through VM screenshot path","modified":"2026-04-07T15:26:13.369692369Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/lxc/incus/v6","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/lxc/incus/v6","ranges":["<6.23.0"],"fixed":["6.23.0"]}]},{"id":"GO-2026-4885","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-4885","summary":"Incus vulnerable to local privilege escalation through VM screenshot path in github.com/lxc/incus","modified":"2026-04-07T15:15:46.332393Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/lxc/incus","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/lxc/incus","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/lxc/incus/v6","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/lxc/incus/v6","ranges":["<6.23.0"],"fixed":["6.23.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}