Upstream information

CVE-2026-63297 at MITRE

Description

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD due to a timing flaw during configuration merging allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project restrictions during cross-project instance copies. When copying an instance to a target project, LXD performs restriction checks before configuration merging is complete, creating a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) condition. An attacker can exploit this flaw to copy instances with disallowed high-privilege configurations into restricted projects, bypassing security controls.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Canonical)
Base Score 9.9
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1274963 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 16.0
  • lxd >= 5.21.6-bp160.1.1
  • lxd-bash-completion >= 5.21.6-bp160.1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-559


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Aug 13 17:43:57 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 8 16:50:21 2026