CVE-2025-54289
HIGHCanonical LXD < 5.21.4 - Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking
Title source: llmDescription
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
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-1385
Status
published
Products (2)
canonical/lxd
4.0 - 5.21.4Go
canonical/lxd
4.0.0 - 5.21.4
Published
Oct 02, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026