Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in LXD Operations API (Canonical LXD)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 12 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- canonical
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-1385 — Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | canonical |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 7.4 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · security@ubuntu.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228 — Canonical LXD Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in Operations API
- GO-2025-3999 — Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in Operations API in github.com/canonical/lxd
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-32638
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-54289
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0.0 < 5.21.4cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.1 < 6.5
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Canonical · LXD | affected 6 < 6.5 ; affected 5.21 < 5.21.4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |