Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, the S3 protocol upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal and allows creation of arbitrary files on the host. This behavior could lead to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 fixes the issue.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, the S3 protocol upload endpoint is vulnerable to path traversal and allows creation of arbitrary files on the host. This behavior could lead to arbitrary command execution. Version 7.1.0 fixes the issue.
Title Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload
Weaknesses CWE-73
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T15:36:43.317Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T19:39:05.355Z

Link: CVE-2026-48753

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T15:36:38.592Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T15:16:40.800

Modified: 2026-08-21T16:17:17.647

Link: CVE-2026-48753

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-08-21T15:30:05Z