CVE-2026-63295
Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated`
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated`
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-63295- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-57516
4.3
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-57516- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-63295- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.3
Project restriction `restricted.containers.privilege=isolated` bypassable by omitting `security.idmap.isolated`
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-63295- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-63295
4.3
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63295- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-63295
4.3
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63295- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:21788-1 No score
Security update for lxd
This update for lxd fixes the following issues:
Changes in lxd:
-
update to 5.21.6:
- bsc#1274937, CVE-2026-63293, bsc#1274936, CVE-2026-62420, bsc#1274954, CVE-2026-63295, bsc#1274963, CVE-2026-63297, bsc#1274961, CVE-2026-63296, bsc#1275085, CVE-2026-63299, bsc#1275084, CVE-2026-63298, bsc#1275090, CVE-2026-66898
- https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/latest/reference/release- notes/5.21/release-notes-5.21.6/
- https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/latest/reference/release- notes/5.21/release-notes-5.21.5/
- https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-21-4-lts-has-been- released/66602
- https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-21-3-lts-has-been- released/53768
- https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-21-2-has-been- released/46443
-
Migrate to single LXD/Incus OVMF handling (lxd-ovmf-setup):
- Allow aarch64 arch_vm_support
- Remove OVMF symlinks
- Require the new lxd-ovmf-setup packages
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:21788-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
lxdDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-15.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-25.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-35.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-45.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-5 Show 12 moreShow less5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-65.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-75.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-85.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-95.0.2-55.0.2-5+deb12u15.0.2-5+deb12u25.0.2-5+deb12u35.0.2-5+deb12u45.0.2-5+deb12u55.0.2-5+deb12u65.0.2-6 |
None known |
lxdDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-95.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u15.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u25.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u35.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u45.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u55.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u65.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u7 |
None known |
lxdUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.20-0ubuntu40.21-0ubuntu30.21-0ubuntu50.22-0ubuntu10.22-0ubuntu2 Show 45 moreShow less0.23-0ubuntu10.23-0ubuntu20.23-0ubuntu30.24-0ubuntu20.24-0ubuntu30.24-0ubuntu40.25-0ubuntu10.26-0ubuntu20.26-0ubuntu30.27-0ubuntu10.27-0ubuntu22.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu32.0.0~beta1-0ubuntu42.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu12.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu22.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu12.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu22.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu32.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu42.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu12.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu22.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu32.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu42.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu52.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu62.0.0~beta4-0ubuntu72.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc1-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc3-0ubuntu42.0.0~rc4-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc5-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc6-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc7-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu12.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu22.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu32.0.0~rc8-0ubuntu5 |
None known |
lxdUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.18-0ubuntu62.19-0ubuntu12.20-0ubuntu32.20-0ubuntu42.21-0ubuntu1 Show 18 moreShow less2.21-0ubuntu22.21-0ubuntu32.21-0ubuntu43.0.0~beta2-0ubuntu33.0.0~beta3-0ubuntu33.0.0~beta5-0ubuntu23.0.0~beta7-0ubuntu13.0.0-0ubuntu13.0.0-0ubuntu23.0.0-0ubuntu33.0.0-0ubuntu43.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.13.0.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.13.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.13.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.23.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm13.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm23.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3 |
None known |
lxdUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1:0.71:0.81:0.91:0.10 |
None known |
lxdopenSUSE:Leap 16.0 |
before 5.21.6-bp160.1.1 | 5.21.6-bp160.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-63295 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Canonical Lxd, published August 12, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. Fixed in lxd 5.21.6-bp160.1.1.
References
github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-7vp9-3vmp-c5jm
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63295.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63295
github.com/canonical/lxd
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-63295
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-63295
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63295
bugzilla.suse.com/1223794
bugzilla.suse.com/1274936
bugzilla.suse.com/1274937
bugzilla.suse.com/1274954
bugzilla.suse.com/1274961
bugzilla.suse.com/1274963
bugzilla.suse.com/1275084
bugzilla.suse.com/1275085
bugzilla.suse.com/1275090
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46565
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-62420
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63293
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63295
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63296
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63297
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63298
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63299
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66898
Left out here: 26 versions. The JSON record has them.