CVE-2026-52727

Publication date 17 September 2026

Last updated 30 September 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.2 · High

Score breakdown

Description

lxc-ci contains continuous integration and image-build scripts for LXC. Prior to the 2026-05-28 Arch Linux image publication, images built from images/archlinux.yaml retain the same pacman local-signing private key in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg and redistribute it to every container or virtual machine created from that image. An attacker who controls an HTTP package mirror or can intercept mirror traffic can use the shared pacman signing private key to sign modified packages that affected clients accept as trusted. Installing those packages permits arbitrary code execution as root on the client system. This issue is fixed in Arch Linux images published on or after 2026-05-28.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
lxc-ci 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.2 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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