CVE-2026-48754

Incus: Nil-pointer dereference in createDependentVolumesFromBackup on disk.{Volume,VolumeSnapshots,Pool}

LOW
2.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 21, 2026 at 02:36 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIncus

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Severity
LOW2.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. Prior to version 7.1.0, `(*backend).createDependentVolumesFromBackup` in `internal/server/storage/backend.go` contains a cluster of unguarded pointer derefs on every dependent-volume entry's `VolumeSnapshots[i]`, `Volume`, and `Pool` sub-fields. An authenticated user with `can_create_instances` permission on any project can crash the `incusd` daemon by uploading an instance backup tarball whose `dependent_volumes[*]` block contains a nil snapshot pointer (or omits `volume:` / `pool:`). This is a sibling-field variant of the 2026-05-04 batch fix `d768f81c0a1d985f35ae56219519822b080bf5e3` ("Properly check dependent volumes on import"). That commit added `if disk == nil` at the top of the outer loop, but did not guard the four sub-pointer fields the loop body dereferences naked. Version 7.1.0 contains an updated patch.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.1.0
Affected range stops below 7.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (1)

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CVSS

2.1LOWGitHub_M
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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-476

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