> CVE-2026-85526 [CRITICAL]

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PUBLISHED
2026-09-28 14:17
MODIFIED
2026-09-28 14:17
CVSS_SCORE V3
9.9
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.52%
Top 56.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-09-28 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-10-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-23 OSV 🔗 2026-10-19

> DESCRIPTION

Path traversal in the Btrfs storage driver (unpackVolume) in Canonical LXD on Linux allows an authenticated user with instance creation privileges to delete or replace arbitrary files and directories on the host filesystem as root via a crafted subvolumes[].path entry in backup/optimized_header.yaml during a btrfs optimized backup import.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EXPLOITABILITY
3.1
IMPACT
6.0

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Authentifié avec compte utilisateur basique
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Changed (C)
Impact s'étend au-delà du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-22

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') - The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Path traversal via Btrfs optimized-backup subvolumes[].path enables root file/dir manipulation in LXD

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
40 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-h85r-gjgx-g2rv

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
28/09/2026 14:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/10/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') - The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that i...
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 3 weeks ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/canonical/lxd-private/pull/103
https://github.com/canonical/lxd-private/pull/104
https://github.com/canonical/lxd-private/pull/105
https://github.com/canonical/lxd-private/pull/84
https://github.com/canonical/lxd-private/pull/87
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-h85r-gjgx-g2rv
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