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CVE-2025-54286

Canonical Lxd cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

8.8 HIGHPublic exploitEPSS 0.13%
  1. Published2 Oct 2025

Description

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 3.1 breakdown

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Canonical Lxd≥ 5.0.0 < 5.0.5 · ≥ 5.21.0 < 5.21.4 · ≥ 6.1 < 6.5

Remediation

Fixed in
Canonical Lxd≥ 5.0.5

Frequently asked

Is CVE-2025-54286 being actively exploited?

CVE-2025-54286 is not in the CISA KEV catalog. A public exploit reference exists, so treat it as exploitable. Its EPSS exploit probability is 0.13%.

How severe is CVE-2025-54286?

CVE-2025-54286 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated high. EPSS estimates a 0.13% probability of exploitation.

Which products are affected by CVE-2025-54286?

Affected products include Canonical Lxd.

How do I fix CVE-2025-54286?

Upgrade affected software to a fixed version, for example Canonical Lxd 5.0.5 or later, then confirm no affected versions remain in your inventory.

How Secuno handles this

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Data from the NVD, CISA KEV catalog and FIRST EPSS. CVSS 3.1 base score shown where available.