Upstream information
Description
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions 6.20.0 and below, a user with the ability to launch a container with a custom YAML configuration (e.g a member of the 'incus' group) can create an environment variable containing newlines, which can be used to add additional configuration items in the container's lxc.conf due to newline injection. This can allow adding arbitrary lifecycle hooks, ultimately resulting in arbitrary command execution on the host. Exploiting this issue on IncusOS requires a slight modification of the payload to change to a different writable directory for the validation step (e.g /tmp). This can be confirmed with a second container with /tmp mounted from the host (A privileged action for validation only). A fix is planned for versions 6.0.6and 6.21.0, but they have not been released at the time of publication.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.7 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1, published 2026-02-06T16:58:35Z
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | Released |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jan 23 00:03:31 2026CVE page last modified: Mon Feb 9 14:32:48 2026