CVE-2026-33542
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager.
Published Mar 26, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · linuxcontainers incus
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, a lack of validation of the image fingerprint when downloading from simplestreams image servers opens the door to image cache poisoning and under very narrow circumstances exposes other tenants to running attacker controlled images rather than the expected one. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue.
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Mar 26, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, a lack of validation of the image fingerprint when downloading from simplestreams image servers opens the door to image cache poisoning and under very narrow circumstances exposes other tenants to running attacker controlled images rather than the expected one. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, a lack of validation of the image fingerprint when downloading from simplestreams image servers opens the door to image cache poisoning and under very narrow circumstances exposes other tenants to running attacker controlled images rather than the expected one. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue.
Affected
- cpe linuxcontainers/incusversion unspecified
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33542
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33542
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, a lack of validation of the image fingerprint when downloading from simplestreams image servers opens the door to image cache poisoning and under very narrow circumstances exposes other tenants to r
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