Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-63298
An improper neutralization of special elements vulnerability in LXD's NVIDIA instance configuration handling allows an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary configuration directives. By supplying newline characters within the 'nvidia.driver.capabilities' or 'nvidia.require.*' configuration values, an attacker can manipulate the generated lxc.conf file. This flaw enables the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host system with the privileges of the LXD daemon.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 39.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.9
Products affected by CVE-2026-63298
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:4.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.11
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.12
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.13
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.14
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.15
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.16
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.17
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.18
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.19
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.20
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.21.2
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.21.3
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.21.4
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.21.5
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:6.9