CVE-2026-66897
CRITICAL
INFO
Priority: 0.07
BB Relevance:
70/100
Published: 2026-08-24
Modified: 2026-10-24
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
Scope Change
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
Low
UI:
None
S:
Changed
C:
High
I:
High
A:
High
Description
A path traversal vulnerability in LXD's instance template processing allows an attacker with container edit permissions, or any user launching a crafted image, to overwrite arbitrary files on the host system as root. When processing target template paths specified in metadata.yaml, LXD validates the path against a confined os.Root directory handle but subsequently opens and creates the file using os.Create with an unconfined string path. This discrepancy between path resolution checks and file creation allows an attacker to escape directory confinement, overwrite root-owned host files, and achieve host root code execution.
Affected Software (4)
References & Advisories (1)
Vendor Advisory
Exploit