CVE-2025-54287 | BDVDB-2026-296366 Detail

CanonicalLXD

Description#

Template Injection in instance snapshot creation component in Canonical LXD (>= 4.0) allows an attacker with instance configuration permissions to read arbitrary files on the host system via specially crafted snapshot pattern templates using the Pongo2 template engine.

Impact#

CAPEC-165 File Manipulation

Weaknesses#

CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

References#

https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-10-02Record published in the CVE List.

Published

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

Vendor information

Vendor: Canonical
Product: LXD

All Canonical vulnerabilities

Score

7.1 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 31.7.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

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

Affected Systems

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

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

7.1 High

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

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

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).