CVE-2025-54286 | BDVDB-2026-296365 Detail

CanonicalLXD

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-62 Cross Site Request Forgery

Weaknesses#

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References#

https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-10-02Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-02-26Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-10-02
Last modified: 2026-02-26

Vendor information

Vendor: Canonical
Product: LXD

All Canonical vulnerabilities

Score

7.5 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 2.4.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Cross-Site Request Forgery

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 5.0 and < 5.0.5
Fixed
5.0.5
Vulnerable
>= 5.21 and < 5.21.4
Fixed
5.21.4
Vulnerable
>= 6.0 and < 6.5
Fixed
6.5

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

7.5 High

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Attack Requirements	Present
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	High
Vulnerable System Availability	High
Subsequent System Confidentiality	Low
Subsequent System Integrity	Low
Subsequent System Availability	Low

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).