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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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6244-1 incus security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gc7j-g665-rxr9 Incus has a Nil-Pointer Dereference Panic via Bucket Metadata
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Wed, 06 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Incus nil-pointer dereference in storage bucket import allows denial of service
Weaknesses CWE-476
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T20:33:34.084Z

Reserved: 2026-04-09T20:59:17.620Z

Link: CVE-2026-40195

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-06T21:16:00.793

Modified: 2026-05-06T21:22:12.560

Link: CVE-2026-40195

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