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Medium 6.5Published Oct 2, 2025
CVE-2025-54293Path Traversal in the log file retrieval function in Canonical LXD 5.0 LTS on Linux allows authenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the host system via crafted log file names or symb…
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Path Traversal in the log file retrieval function in Canonical LXD 5.0 LTS on Linux allows authenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the host system via crafted log file names or symbolic links.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- 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 6.0 before 6.5 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3hexploit, vendor-advisory
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