Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. May 7, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, user provided image and backup tarballs would be unpacked and YAML files parsed without any size restrictions. This was making it easy for an authenticated user to provide a crafted image or backup tarball that when parsed by Incus would lead to a very large YAML document being loaded into memory, potentially causing

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, user provided image and backup tarballs would be unpacked and YAML files parsed without any size restrictions. This was making it easy for an authenticated user to provide a crafted image or backup tarball that when parsed by Incus would lead to a very large YAML document being loaded into memory, potentially causing

Affected

• cpe linuxcontainers/incusversion unspecified

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41648

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41648

  Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.0.0, user provided image and backup tarballs would be unpacked and YAML files parsed without any size restrictions. This was making it easy for an authenticated user to provide a crafted image or backup t

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Patch · github.com
• Exploit · github.com