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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-40195

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager.

Published May 6, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Incus is a system

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-40195. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of Incus is a system is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Incus is a system).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.44%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe linuxcontainers/incus

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and accesses members of the parsed backup configuration without first verifying that the configuration object was initialized. A malicious or malformed index.yaml that omits the config block causes a nil-pointer dereference during bucket import operations and terminates the daemon. Repeated use of this issue can be used to keep Incus offline, causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.

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  • cpe linuxcontainers/incusversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-40195

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-40195. EPSS is 0.44%. Act only if a listed version of Incus is a system is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. EPSS 0.44%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 6, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and access

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present in the backup metadata handling logic, where the daemon processes the index.yaml file from an imported archive and access

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40195

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-40195

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40195

    Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon to crash. The vulnerability is present i

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.