BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-10-02

Last updated on: 2025-12-10

Assigner: Canonical Ltd.

Description

Path traversal in Canonical LXD LXD-UI versions before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on all platforms allows remote authenticated attackers to access or modify unintended resources via crafted resource names embedded in URL paths.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-02

Last Modified

2025-12-10

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-02

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-54292

EUVD

EUVD-2025-33223

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
canonical	lxd	From 5.0.0 (inc) to 5.21.4 (exc)
canonical	lxd	From 6.0 (inc) to 6.5 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-22	The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a path traversal issue in Canonical LXD LXD-UI versions before 6.5 and 5.21.4. It allows remote authenticated attackers to access or modify unintended resources by using specially crafted resource names embedded in URL paths.

Impact Analysis

An attacker who is remotely authenticated could exploit this vulnerability to access or modify resources that they should not be able to, potentially leading to unauthorized data exposure or changes within the affected system.

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