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High 8.1Published Oct 2, 2025
CVE-2025-54289Privilege Escalation in operations API in Canonical LXD <6.5 on multiple platforms allows attacker with read permissions to hijack terminal or console sessions and execute arbitrary commands via WebS…
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Privilege Escalation in operations API in Canonical LXD <6.5 on multiple platforms allows attacker with read permissions to hijack terminal or console sessions and execute arbitrary commands via WebSocket connection hijacking format
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-1385
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 12, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
canonical lxd canonical:lxd | from 4.0.0 before 5.21.4; from 6.1 before 6.5 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228exploit, vendor-advisory
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