CVE-2025-64507Public exploit

Host root escalation via traversable shifted volume

Published Nov 10, 2025 · Updated Nov 10, 2025

Privilege escalation in Linux Containers Incus allows local users with container and host access to gain root on the host system. Incus leaves storage-pool paths traversable, exposing a setuid-root binary written from a container to a shifted custom volume. Exploitation requires root inside the attached container, unprivileged host access, security.shifted=true, and supporting kernel and file-system behavior.

CVSS severity8.6
High
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Linux Containers Incus allows local users with container and host access to gain root on the host system. Incus leaves storage-pool paths traversable, exposing a setuid-root binary written from a container to a shifted custom volume. Exploitation requires root inside the attached container, unprivileged host access, security.shifted=true, and supporting kernel and file-system behavior.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-64507
Published
Nov 10, 2025
Updated
Nov 10, 2025
Vendor
Linux Containers
Product
Incus
Classifications
CWE-269, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 6.0.6
  2. Affected versionversion=>= 6.1.0, < 6.19.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Linux Containers · Incusversion=< 6.0.6; version=>= 6.1.0, < 6.19.0

Published CVSS scores

7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6GitHub, Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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