What is CVE-2026-62420?

CVE-2026-62420 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Canonical Lxd, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-62420?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Canonical Lxd

CVE-2026-62420

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated attacker to bypass target project security restrictions during cross-project instance migrations. When moving an instance cross-project to a different cluster member via…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Canonical Lxd — versions 5.0.0, 5.21.0, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, vdb-entry)
security@ubuntu.com (patch)
security@ubuntu.com (patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-62420?: CVE-2026-62420 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Canonical Lxd, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-62420?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.