CVE-2026-87799

EUVD-2026-88260
Improper link resolution in the migration receive path in Canonical LXD versions 4.0 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8 and 6.10) on Linux allows an authenticated client that can create instances or custom storage volumes in a project, or a malicious migration source server, to write attacker-controlled files to arbitrary paths on the target host as root, leading to full host compromise. The attacker does this with a crafted rsync or btrfs send stream that plants a symlink in the transferred volume, such as rootfs or root.img, and then writes through it.
Link Following
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
canonicalCNA
9.9 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 35.5%
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources (CNA/ADP records, vendor advisories, Enginsight analysis).
VendorProductVersionSource
canonicallxd
4.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.0.14
CNA
canonicallxd
5.0.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.0.10
CNA
canonicallxd
5.21.0 ≤
𝑥
< 5.21.8
CNA
canonicallxd
6.0 ≤
𝑥
< 6.10
CNA
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
lxd
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
trixie
vulnerable
trixie (security)
vulnerable
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
lxd
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
dne
noble
dne
resolute
dne
xenial
needs-triage