CVE-2026-34179

CRITICAL

Update of type field in restricted TLS certificate allows privilege escalation to cluster admin

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In Canonical LXD versions 4.12 through 6.7, the doCertificateUpdate function in lxd/certificates.go does not validate the Type field when handling PUT/PATCH requests to /1.0/certificates/{fingerprint} for restricted TLS certificate users, allowing a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to cluster admin.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-915
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/lxd 0.0.0-20210305023314-538ac3df036eGo
canonical/lxd 4.12 - 5.0.6
Canonical/lxd 4.12.0 - 5.0.7
Canonical/lxd 5.1.0 - 5.21.5
Canonical/lxd 6.0.0 - 6.8.0
Published Apr 09, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 09, 2026