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Critical certificate-validation flaws in Incus and LXD allow unauthenticated cluster takeover

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Two popular systems for running virtual machines and containers, and , have serious flaws. An attacker on the network could pretend to be a trusted party and take control of the management systems without needing a password.

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What to do

  1. Check vendor advisories for Incus and LXD and apply the fixed versions once they are confirmed.
  2. Restrict network access to the HTTPS management listener to trusted hosts only.

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