SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2026-12411

Broken Access Control in the devLXDInstancePatchHandler component of Canonical LXD allows an untrusted guest to mount, read, and overwrite another guest's custom storage volume via a crafted device PATCH request over /dev/lxd when…

CRITICAL 9.6EPSS 0.29%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Broken Access Control in the devLXDInstancePatchHandler component of Canonical LXD allows an untrusted guest to mount, read, and overwrite another guest's custom storage volume via a crafted device PATCH request over /dev/lxd when security.devlxd.management.volumes is enabled.

CVSS 3.1
9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.29% probability · 21th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-639, CWE-862
Affected
canonical/lxd
Source
security@ubuntu.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.