CVE-2026-33898 | lxc incus up to 6.22.x Authentication Token improper authentication (GHSA-453r-g2pg-cxxq)

VDB-353811 · CVE-2026-33898 · GHSA-453R-G2PG-CXXQ LXC INCUS UP TO 6.22.X AUTHENTICATION TOKEN IMPROPER AUTHENTICATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 7.4 $0-$5k 2.45+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability has been found in lxc incus up to 6.22.x and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Authentication Token Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-33898. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded. Detailsinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in lxc incus up to 6.22.x. This affects an unknown part of the component Authentication Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 6.23.0, the web server spawned by `incus webui` incorrectly validates the authentication token such that an invalid value will be accepted. `incus webui` runs a local web server on a random localhost port. For authentication, it provides the user with a URL containing an authentication token. When accessed with that token, Incus creates a cookie persisting that token without needing to include it in subsequent HTTP requests. While the Incus client correctly validates the value of the cookie, it does not correctly validate the token when passed int the URL. This allows for an attacker able to locate and talk to the temporary web server on localhost to have as much access to Incus as the user who ran `incus webui`. This can lead to privilege escalation by another local user or an access to the user's Incus instances and possibly system resources by a remote attack able to trick the local user into interacting with the Incus UI web server. Version 6.23.0 patches the issue. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-33898 since 03/24/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. Upgrading to version 6.23.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Productinfo Vendor lxc Name incus Version 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 Website Product: https://github.com/lxc/incus/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4 VulDB Base Score: 6.3 VulDB Temp Score: 6.0 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 8.8 CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Improper authentication CWE: CWE-287 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: Upgrade Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Upgrade: incus 6.23.0 Timelineinfo 03/24/2026 CVE reserved 03/27/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed 03/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 03/27/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-453r-g2pg-cxxq Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-33898 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-33898 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-353811 Entryinfo Created: 03/27/2026 07:25 Changes: 03/27/2026 07:25 (65) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:E20:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸