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CVE-2026-63300: Canonical LXD · Missing Authorization

Affects Canonical LXDSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.9 Critical · fixed in 6.10 : patch Canonical LXD as a priority.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.9Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.10, 5.21.6, 5.0.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Canonical LXD to 6.10, 5.21.6 or 5.0.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
CanonicalLXDAffected
  • >=6.0 <6.10
Fixed in
  • 6.10
CanonicalLXDAffected
  • >=5.21.0 <5.21.6
Fixed in
  • 5.21.6
CanonicalLXDAffected
  • >=5.0.0 <5.0.8
Fixed in
  • 5.0.8
GitHubLXDpkg:github/LXDOther threatsAffected
  • >=5.0.0 <5.0.8
  • >=5.21.0 <5.21.6
  • >=6.0 <6.10
Fixed in
  • 5.0.8
  • 5.21.6
  • 6.10

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict can_create_instances permissions carefully and monitor migrations between projects to detect unauthorized instance movements.

Description

An improper validation vulnerability in the instancePostMigration function in lxd/instance_post.go of LXD allows an authenticated attacker with can_create_instances permissions on a restricted project to bypass project-level security restrictions. When migrating an instance between projects, LXD fails to validate the instance's configuration against the target project's enforced restrictions (such as restricted.containers.lowlevel, restricted.devices.*, and restricted.networks.access). An attacker can exploit this by creating a disallowed or high-privilege instance in an unrestricted project and subsequently moving it into the restricted project.

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