Description
An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass project-level container isolation restrictions. When a project is configured with restrictions on container privileges (such as enforcing restricted.containers.privilege=isolated), LXD fails to enforce the requirement if an instance configuration omits the security.idmap.isolated key. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating or updating an instance without explicitly setting security.idmap.isolated, bypassing the target project's security constraints.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to LXD version 4.0.12 or later, 5.0.8 or later, or 5.12.6 or later, or 6.10 or later.

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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical lxd
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical lxd

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass project-level container isolation restrictions. When a project is configured with restrictions on container privileges (such as enforcing restricted.containers.privilege=isolated), LXD fails to enforce the requirement if an instance configuration omits the security.idmap.isolated key. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating or updating an instance without explicitly setting security.idmap.isolated, bypassing the target project's security constraints.
Title Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated`
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T19:31:32.323Z

Reserved: 2026-07-16T09:49:29.911Z

Link: CVE-2026-63295

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T20:17:47.303

Modified: 2026-08-12T20:17:47.303

Link: CVE-2026-63295

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T20:45:08Z

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