CVE-2025-54286

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Oct 2025, 15:47

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.8
First Time		Linux linux Kernel Canonical Linux Canonical lxd
References	~~() https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h -~~	() https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

02 Oct 2025, 14:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h -~~	() https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h -

02 Oct 2025, 10:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-02 10:15

Updated : 2025-10-22 15:47

NVD link : CVE-2025-54286

Mitre link : CVE-2025-54286

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-54286

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

canonical

lxd

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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