Incus: Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated` (lxc incus)

CVE-2026-62313
MEDIUM 4.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.36 % · percentile 30 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Deferred

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, project-level enforcement of `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` can be trivially bypassed, allowing a user to create a non-isolated (shared host idmap) container in a project that is configured to forbid them. The restriction only rejects an explicitly set `security.idmap.isolated=false` (or empty) and fails to enforce anything when the key is omitted entirely. Because an unset `security.idmap.isolated` defaults to `false` (non-isolation), a user simply leaves the key out and obtains exactly the container state the restriction is meant to forbid. This defeats the tenant-isolation guarantee the restriction exists to provide. Containers in the project share the host uid/gid map instead of receiving unique, non-overlapping ranges, weakening the isolation boundary between co-tenant containers and the host. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

European references

Affected products

ProductVersions
lxc · incusaffected < 7.3.0

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD