CVE-2026-40251

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 34.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-06 20:40Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-05-07 13:52Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-04-10

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-129Improper Validation of Array IndexVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e52add13e006bc8661d4491653b4f1982c579505dcf5f6dac2f14e9e71684d89

• github.comhttps://github.com/lxc/incus/security/advisories/GHSA-4m88-wxj4-9qj6x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/lxc/incus/blob/v6.22.0/internal/server/storage/backend.gox_refsource_MISC