CVE-2026-41684

Summary of CVE-2026-41684 (Incus): An authenticated user who can import instance backups may crash the Incus daemon during restore when a crafted backup archive includes a valid inline backup/index.yaml but a malformed legacy backup.yaml that omits the container section. The vulnerability arises ...

CVE-2026-41684

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, backup.GetInfo trusts the inline backup/index.yaml config when present and only falls back to parsing the legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file if result.Config == nil. As a result, an archive can carry a valid...

NULL Pointer Dereference

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the restore process when handling a crafted backup archive containing a valid backup/index.yaml and a malformed legacy backup.yaml file that omits the container section. An attacker can cause the daemon to...

Incus has Nil Dereferences on Restore via Malformed YAML

Summary Details It was found that backup.GetInfo trusts the inline backup/index.yaml config when present and only falls back to parsing the legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file if result.Config == nil. As a result, an archive can carry a valid inline config that passes the initial import...

GHSA-X5R6-JR56-89PV Incus has Nil Dereferences on Restore via Malformed YAML

Summary Details It was found that backup.GetInfo trusts the inline backup/index.yaml config when present and only falls back to parsing the legacy backup/container/backup.yaml file if result.Config == nil. As a result, an archive can carry a valid inline config that passes the initial import...