CVE-2026-48769
⛔ criticalSummary
Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, an arbitrary file write exists in the Incus client when a malicious image server returns a crafted `Incus-Image-Hash` header. This can lead to arbitrary command execution as root on the server. Version 7.2.0 patches the issue.
CVSS Score
9.9
Critical
EPSS Score
0.4
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-08-21
First Seen: 2026-08-22
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Extremely High Risk - more severe than 98.2% of all 349,016 vulnerabilities in our database.
#6,418
Top 5% most severe
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Aug 21, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
Poc
Proof-of-concept available
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-08-21
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)