ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
CRITICAL
Received
CVE-2026-63293
A link following vulnerability in LXD allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary file read and write operations on the host system. When importing or unpacking an image archive, LXD fails to validate whether the metadata.yaml file is a symbolic link. An attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a crafted image archive with a symlinked metadata.yaml file pointing to target file paths on the host system.
Published 12 Aug 2026, 20:17 UTC
Last modified 12 Aug 2026, 20:17 UTC
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Attack profile
The conditions required to exploit this vulnerability and its potential impact.
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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Affected products
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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