CVE-2025-54289 describes a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Canonical LXD versions prior to 6.5. An attacker with read permissions can exploit this flaw by hijacking terminal or console sessions through WebSocket connection hijacking, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a high impact with high confidentiality and integrity risks, but no availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 5.21.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.1, < 6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.21, < 5.21.4CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6, < 6.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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
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