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Publication date: 2025-10-02

Last updated on: 2025-10-24

Assigner: Canonical Ltd.

Description

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

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-02

Last Modified

2025-10-24

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-02

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-54289

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
canonical	lxd	From 4.0.0 (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-1385	The product uses a WebSocket, but it does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a privilege escalation issue in the operations API of Canonical LXD 6.5. It allows an attacker who has read permissions to hijack terminal or console sessions and execute arbitrary commands by exploiting WebSocket connection hijacking.

Impact Analysis

An attacker with read permissions could escalate their privileges by hijacking terminal or console sessions, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. This could lead to unauthorized control or compromise of the system.

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