BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-10-02

Last updated on: 2025-10-22

Assigner: Canonical Ltd.

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.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-02

Last Modified

2025-10-22

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-02

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-54286

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
linux	linux_kernel	From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)
canonical	lxd	From 5.0.0 (inc) to 5.0.5 (exc)
canonical	lxd	From 5.21.0 (inc) to 5.21.4 (exc)
canonical	lxd	From 6.1 (inc) to 6.5 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-352	The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue in the LXD-UI component of Canonical LXD versions 5.0 and above on Linux. It allows an attacker to trick a user into submitting crafted HTML forms that exploit client certificate authentication, enabling the attacker to create and start container instances without the user's consent.

Impact Analysis

An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can create and start container instances on your system without your permission. This unauthorized action could lead to resource misuse, potential deployment of malicious containers, and compromise of system integrity.

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