CVE-2025-54286 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00011.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		CSRF Vulnerability When Using Client Certificate Authentication with the LXD-UI
Weaknesses		CWE-352
References		https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': '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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2025-10-02T09:12:49.044Z

Updated: 2025-10-02T13:28:14.799Z

Reserved: 2025-07-18T07:59:07.916Z

Link: CVE-2025-54286

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-02T10:15:38.427

Modified: 2025-10-02T10:15:38.427

Link: CVE-2025-54286

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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