# CVE-2026-48750: Incus has an arbitrary file write on host via \`exec-output\` symlink in crafted image

- Also known as: GHSA-73HR-M85F-64V9, GO-2026-5801
- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.0
- Published: 2026-08-21 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- lxc incus: fixed in 7.2.0
- github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd (Go): fixed in 7.2.0
- github.com/lxc/incus (Go): all versions
- github.com/lxc/incus/v6 (Go): all versions
- github.com/lxc/incus/v7 (Go): fixed in 7.2.0

## Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.2.0, the `record-output` parameter of the `/instances/$name/exec` endpoint stores the output of the command in the `exec-output` directory of the instance. If `exec-output` is a symlink, file named `exec_UUID.stdout` and `exec_UUID.stderr` can be written to an arbitrary location where the `.stdout` file will contain arbitrary content. This behavior can be abused for arbitrary command execution. Version 7.2.0 contains a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lxc incus, github.com/lxc/incus/v7/cmd/incusd, github.com/lxc/incus or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-73hr-m85f-64v9

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