๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-63300

CRITICAL 9.9

Cross-project instance move bypasses all project restrictions allowing host command execution

CVSS Score
9.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

An improper validation vulnerability in the instancePostMigration function in lxd/instance_post.go of LXD allows an authenticated attacker with can_create_instances permissions on a restricted project to bypass project-level security restrictions. When migrating an instance between projects, LXD fails to validate the instance's configuration against the target project's enforced restrictions (such as restricted.containers.lowlevel, restricted.devices.*, and restricted.networks.access). An attacker can exploit this by creating a disallowed or high-privilege instance in an unrestricted project and subsequently moving it into the restricted project.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor canonical
Product lxd
Ecosystems
Industries
Technology
Published Aug 12, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

Canonical / LXD
5.0.0 < 5.0.8 5.21.0 < 5.21.6 6.0 < 6.10

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-5g5r-wh97-qcq2 github.com: https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18651 github.com: https://github.com/canonical/lxd/pull/18605