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TI-2025-34115 Aliases CVE-2025-54286GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h

CSRF Vulnerability When Using Client Certificate Authentication with the LXD-UI

Priority LOW 34CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in LXD-UI in Canonical LXD versions >= 5.0 on Linux allows an attacker to create and start container instances without user consent via crafted HTML form submissions exploiting client certificate authentication.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00127 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed LXD (Canonical): 5.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): 5.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CanonicalLXD5.0 to before 5.0.5; 5.21 to before 5.21.4; 6.0 to before 6.55.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5Patch availableCNA
—github.com/canonical/lxd (Go)5.0 to before 5.0.55.0.5Patch availableGHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
—github.com/canonical/lxd (Go)5.1 to before 5.21.45.21.4Patch availableGHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
—github.com/canonical/lxd (Go)6.0 to before 6.56.5Patch availableGHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
—github.com/canonical/lxd (Go)0.0.0-20220401034332-1e1349e3cbf3 to before 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e410.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41Patch availableGHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
  • LXD VendorCanonical Affected 5.0 to before 5.0.5; 5.21 to before 5.21.4; 6.0 to before 6.5 Fixed in 5.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Vendor— Affected 5.0 to before 5.0.5 Fixed in 5.0.5 Patch available GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
  • github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Vendor— Affected 5.1 to before 5.21.4 Fixed in 5.21.4 Patch available GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
  • github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Vendor— Affected 6.0 to before 6.5 Fixed in 6.5 Patch available GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
  • github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.0.0-20220401034332-1e1349e3cbf3 to before 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 Fixed in 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 Patch available GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 to before 5.0.5; 5.21.0 to before 5.21.4; 6.1 to before 6.5VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 to before 5.0.5; 5.21.0 to before 5.21.4; 6.1 to before 6.5 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA LXD (Canonical) Fixed in 5.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5
  • Fix · GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Fixed in 5.0.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Fixed in 5.21.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Fixed in 6.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54286
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2026-22659 Authenticated RCE via unsanitized compression_algorithm CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2026-47475 Path traversal via unvalidated instance name in backup tarball restore enables root file write / RCE CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-45146 Cross-project instance move bypasses all project restrictions allowing host command execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-45143 Cross-project instance copy bypasses target project restrictions via TOCTOU in config merge CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-45142 Project restriction bypass via instance migration config override CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-45140 Root RCE via image backup.yaml symlink CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
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