CVE-2026-40195

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-05-06 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: High

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and accesses members of the parsed backup configuration without first verifying that the configuration object was initialized. A malicious or malformed index.yaml that omits the config block causes a nil-pointer dereference during bucket import operations and terminates the daemon. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
linuxcontainers incus < 7.0.0

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.40%
Raw Score 0.003980
Percentile 34.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00398
2026-10-28
0.00398

Intelligence Sources

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