CVE-2026-63300 (GCVE-0-2026-63300)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-12 19:09
Modified
2026-08-13 13:19
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical LXD Version: 5.0.0   
Version: 5.21.0   
Version: 6.0   
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