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
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6027-1 incus security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-32096 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
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228 Canonical LXD Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in Operations API
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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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 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

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical lxd
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical lxd

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
Title Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in LXD Operations API
Weaknesses CWE-1385
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.4, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-03T13:15:54.374Z

Reserved: 2025-07-18T07:59:07.917Z

Link: CVE-2025-54289

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T13:17:16.376Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-02T10:15:39.053

Modified: 2025-10-24T14:34:37.740

Link: CVE-2025-54289

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-03T08:22:51Z