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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-63294 (CRITICAL 9.9) — A link following vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to achieve root command execution on the host system. During the import or unpacking of crafted image or backup archives, LXD fails to properly validate and confine the backup.yaml file when it exists as a symbolic link. An

[NVD] CVE-2026-63294 (CRITICAL 9.9) — A link following vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to achieve root command execution on the host system. During the import or unpacking of crafted image or backup archives, LXD fails to properly validate and confine the backup.yaml file when it exists as a symbolic link. An

lownvdPublished 2026-08-12

CVE-2026-63294 CVSS: 9.9 CRITICAL Published: 2026-08-12T20:17:47.187

A link following vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to achieve root command execution on the host system. During the import or unpacking of crafted image or backup archives, LXD fails to properly validate and confine the backup.yaml file when it exists as a symbolic link. An attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a mal

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CVE-2026-63294cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63294