CVE-2026-40243Published

Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, broken TLS validation logic in the OVN database connection logic can allow connections to an attacker's OVN database. The OVN client implementations disable …

Exact source revision recorded 25 Oct 2026 09:17:24 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

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nvd · CVE-2026-40243

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Incus is a system container and virtual machine manager. In versions before 7.0.0, broken TLS validation logic in the OVN database connection logic can allow connections to an attacker's OVN database. The OVN client implementations disable Go standard TLS server verification and replace it with custom peer-certificate verification logic. That replacement verifier does not anchor trust in the configured CA certificate. Instead, it constructs the verification root set from certificates supplied by the peer during the handshake, so the configured CA is parsed but not used as the trust anchor for the final verification decision. In OVN-enabled deployments that use these SSL database connection paths, an attacker able to impersonate or intercept the OVN endpoint on the management network can present a rogue self-signed certificate chain, and Incus will accept this certificate as valid. This issue defeats the intended CA-based trust model for OVN database connections and permits endpoint impersonation by an active attacker in a suitable network position. This issue is fixed in version 7.0.0.

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Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-295

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published: 2026-05-06T21:16:01.070

lastModified: 2026-06-17T10:44:53.773

1 source CPE criteria · context only

cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:incus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Source published: 6 May 2026 21:16:01 UTC
Source modified: 17 Jun 2026 10:44:53 UTC
Observed here: 25 Oct 2026 09:17:24 UTC
Source terms: NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained

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