# CVE-2026-115378: Incus before 6.0.7, 6.1.0 before 7.0.2, and 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 Arbitrary File Write via Recursive File Pull

- Also known as: GHSA-WFVQ-QH87-GM4J, EUVD-2026-108301, GHSA-38PQ-92HW-9RP6
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.7, 7.0.2, 7.5.0
- Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- lxc incus: fixed in 6.0.7; from 6.1.0, fixed in 7.0.2; from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.5.0

## Description

Incus before 6.0.7, 6.1.0 before 7.0.2, and 7.1.0 before 7.5.0 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in sftpRecursivePullFile that allows a malicious incus-agent to escape the target directory during incus file pull -r. Attackers with root in a virtual machine can return duplicate entries reported first as symlinks then as files or directories, writing attacker-controlled files such as /etc/shadow on the operator's host.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lxc incus, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.7, 7.0.2, 7.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-wfvq-qh87-gm4j
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/incus-before-6.0.7-6.1.0-before-7.0.2-and-7.1.0-before-7.5.0-arbitrary-file-write-via-recursive-file-pull

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