{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-9640 exists.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-9640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical LXD, published on 26 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-9640 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-9640 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical LXD, published on 26 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-9640 exists.\n\nAffected product: Canonical LXD. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9640/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-9640","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9640/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-9640","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9640","GHSA-ppq7-4492-5552"],"analysis":{"component_type":"container_or_infrastructure","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"LXD container manager","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated operators can bypass project restrictions via malicious snapshot imports to gain unauthorized host root access in LXD.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"canonical","cpe":[{"product":"lxd","vendor":"canonical"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"}],"description":"A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in LXD from 6.0 before 6.9, 5.21.0 before 5.21.5, and 5.0.0 before 5.0.7 regarding the handling of project-restriction policies during snapshot restoration.. An authenticated project operator in a restricted multi-tenant environment can bypass policy restrictions by importing a maliciously crafted instance backup containing restricted configuration keys within a snapshot. When the snapshot is restored, these restricted keys are applied to the live instance without policy validation. Starting the modified instance grants the operator unauthorized host root access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"LXD Snapshot Import Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-9640","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Crypt::PBKDF2 versions before 0.261630 for Perl have a weak default algorithm and number of iterations","id":"CVE-2026-9641"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Authenticated Denial of Service via Malicious Backup Tarball in LXD","id":"CVE-2026-9639"},"products":["LXD"],"published":"2026-06-26","related":[{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Instance template path traversal allows arbitrary host file write as root","id":"CVE-2026-66897","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-24"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Cross-project cluster migration bypasses project restrictions via cluster notification flag","id":"CVE-2026-62420","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Arbitrary File Read/Write: metadata.yaml symlink in image allows host filesystem access as root","id":"CVE-2026-63293","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Root RCE via image backup.yaml symlink","id":"CVE-2026-63294","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Project restriction bypass via instance migration config override","id":"CVE-2026-63296","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Cross-project instance copy bypasses target project restrictions via TOCTOU in config merge","id":"CVE-2026-63297","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Cross-project instance move bypasses all project restrictions allowing host command execution","id":"CVE-2026-63300","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-06-30","vendors":["Canonical"]},"summary":"Authenticated operators can bypass project restrictions via malicious snapshot imports to gain unauthorized host root access in LXD.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-9640/"}