What is CVE-2026-40195?

CVE-2026-40195 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxcontainers Incus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-40195?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linuxcontainers Incus

CVE-2026-40195

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, missing validation logic in the storage bucket import logic allows an authenticated user with access to the storage bucket feature to cause the Incus daemon…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linuxcontainers Incus
Lxc Incus — versions < 7.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-gc7j-g665-rxr9 (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40195?: CVE-2026-40195 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linuxcontainers Incus, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-40195?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.