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SCA: security update for github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (GHSA-vg76-xmhg-j5x3)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439354

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, a specially crafted
 storage bucket backup can be used by an user with access to Incus' storage bucket feature to crash the
 Incus daemon. Repeated use of this attack can be used to keep the server offline causing a denial of
 service of the control plane API. This does not impact any running workload, existing containers and
 virtual machines will keep operating. Version 6.23.0 fixes the issue. (CVE-2026-33743)

Solution

Update the github.com/lxc/incus/v6 library and its related packages to version 6.23.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg76-xmhg-j5x3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439354

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33743

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33743

cwe: CWE-770