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CVE-2026-9640: lxd from 4.12 (inclusive), before 5.0.7 (exclusive), from 5.21.0 (inclusive), before 5.21.5 (exclusive), from 6.0…
CVE-2026-9640. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.2 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00632 (percentile 0.49718), scored 24-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
lxd · from 4.12 (inclusive), before 5.0.7 (exclusive)
canonical
lxd · from 5.21.0 (inclusive), before 5.21.5 (exclusive)
canonical
lxd · from 6.0 (inclusive), before 6.9 (exclusive)
canonical
LXD · 5.21.0 to before 5.21.5, 5.0.0 to before 5.0.7, 6.0 to before 6.9
Canonical
Description’s affected range: before 6.9
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · High privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
The source reports that an attacker could gain higher privileges under the conditions described by the source. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.2/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-863
- CCR priority
- 29.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
- EPSS
- 0.00632 · percentile 0.50011 · 2026-10-25
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-25 19:52:47.952465+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-25 19:51:06.643138+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-9640.html