CVE-2026-63297

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD due to a timing flaw during configuration merging allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project restrictions during cross-project instance copies. When copying an instance to a target project, LXD performs restriction checks before configuration merging is complete, creating a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) condition. An attacker can exploit this flaw to copy instances with disallowed high-privilege configurations into restricted projects, bypassing security controls.

CVSS 3.1

9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-367, CWE-863

Published

2026-08-12

Modified

2026-10-24

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

Affected

• canonical:lxd

References

• https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-v989-qw7w-xvg4
• https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-v989-qw7w-xvg4

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