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CVE-2026-85185 Path traversal in the btrfs storage driver in Canonical LXD versions 4.0.2 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8…

Description

Path traversal in the btrfs storage driver in Canonical LXD versions 4.0.2 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8 and 6.10) on Linux allows an authenticated client with permission to create instances in a project to delete arbitrary files on the host as root. On hosts whose root filesystem is btrfs, the client can also place attacker-controlled content at arbitrary host paths, leading to full host compromise. The client does this with a crafted subvolume path containing ../ sequences, sent in either of two ways: in the optimized_header.yaml of an optimized btrfs backup, or in the btrfs migration header sent by a malicious migration source.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
LXD 6.0 6.0 → < 6.10 6.10
LXD 5.21 5.21.0 → < 5.21.8 5.21.8
LXD 5.0 5.0.0 → < 5.0.10 5.0.10
LXD 4.0 4.0.2 → < 4.0.14 4.0.14

Other CVEs of LXD

The 47 CVEs of LXD →
CVE-2026-112816 Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS listener in Canonical LXD 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6.9 before 4.0.15,… 10.0 Critical CVE-2026-87798 Improper link resolution in the recursive file pull feature of the LXD CLI client in Canonical LXD versions 4.0.2 up… 5.8 Medium CVE-2026-87799 Improper link resolution in the migration receive path in Canonical LXD versions 4.0 and later (fixed in 4.0.14, 5.0.10,… 9.9 Critical CVE-2026-97335 Incorrect authorization in the custom storage volume creation endpoint in Canonical LXD versions 5.0.0 and later… 7.7 High
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