CVE-2026-41647: Github.com/lxc/incus/v6/cmd/incusd Incus Has Nil-Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-fwj8-62r8-8p8m",
  "modified" : "2026-05-08T21:47:04Z",
  "published" : "2026-05-04T19:38:48Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-41647" ],
  "summary" : "Incus has Nil-Pointer Dereference via S3 Bucket Import",
  "details" : "### Summary\nMissing error handling could lead an authenticated Incus user to cause a daemon crash through the import of a truncated storage bucket backup file.\n\n### Details\nIt was found that TransferManager.UploadAllFiles iterates over tar entries but only checks for io.EOF from tr.Next(). When tr.Next() returns a non-EOF error, such as unexpected EOF from a truncated archive, the header hdr is nil and the code continues to access hdr.Name, causing a nil-pointer dereference that panics the daemon.\n\nThis may allow the Incus daemon to be crashed during S3 bucket restore if a truncated or corrupted backup archive is provided. A panic can occur when a malformed archive produces a non-EOF tar read error after the first entry. Any caller of UploadAllFiles that processes attacker-controlled archive content may be affected.\n\nAffected File:\n[https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/v6.22.0/…server/storage/s3/transfer_manager.go#L127](https://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/v6.22.0/internal/server/storage/s3/transfer_manager.go#L127) \n\nThe tar-iteration loop only checks for EOF:\n\nAffected Code:\n```\nfor {\n    hdr, err := tr.Next()\n    if err == io.EOF {\n        break // End of archive.\n    }\n\n    // Skip index.yaml file\n    if hdr.Name == \"backup/index.yaml\" {\n```\n\nWhen tr.Next() returns a non-EOF error, hdr is nil. The code does not check for this case and immediately dereferences hdr.Name.\n\nThis was confirmed as follows:\n\nCommand:\n```\ngo test ./test/fuzz -run='FuzzS3BucketUploadTarParsing/s3_nil_deref_truncated_tar' -count=1 -v\n```\n\nOutput:\n```\n=== RUN   FuzzS3BucketUploadTarParsing\n=== RUN   FuzzS3BucketUploadTarParsing/s3_nil_deref_truncated_tar\n   s3_bucket_upload_fuzz_test.go:82: UploadAllFiles panicked: runtime error: invalid memory address\n       or nil pointer dereference\n--- FAIL: FuzzS3BucketUploadTarParsing/s3_nil_deref_truncated_tar (0.00s)\nFAIL\n```\n\nIt is recommended to add a non-EOF error check after tr.Next().\n\nProposed Fix:\n```\nhdr, err := tr.Next()\nif err == io.EOF {\n    break\n}\n\nif err != nil {\n    return fmt.Errorf(\"Error reading backup archive: %w\", err)\n}\n```\n\nA patch is available at https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.0.0.\n\n### Credits\nThis issue was discovered and reported by the team at 7asecurity (https://7asecurity.com/)",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/lxc/incus/v6/cmd/incusd"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "last_affected" : "6.23.0"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-fwj8-62r8-8p8m"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41647"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/lxc/incus"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.0.0"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-476" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-05-04T19:38:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2026-05-07T14:16:03Z"
  }
}