CVE-2026-63297
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.
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References
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63297.json, https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-v989-qw7w-xvg4, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63297, https://github.com/canonical/lxd