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Local file inclusion In incus

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.3.0, a malicious image containing a metadata.yaml symlink pointing to an arbitrary host path allows an authenticated Incus user to read or overwrite any file on the host as root via the instance metadata API. The exec-output and templates/ paths were patched in a prior release using Lstat rejection and os.OpenRoot confinement; metadata.yaml was not included in either patch and remains exploitable. Version 7.3.0 patches the issue.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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Patched versions
FLAT-AQSAC – Vulnerability | Fluid Attacks Database