Path Traversal in the log file retrieval function in Canonical LXD 5.0 LTS on Linux allows authenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the host system via crafted log file names or symbolic links.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6027-1 incus security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6028-1 lxd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-32103 Path Traversal in the log file retrieval function in Canonical LXD 5.0 LTS on Linux allows authenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the host system via crafted log file names or symbolic links.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h Canonical LXD Path Traversal Vulnerability in Instance Log File Retrieval Function
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

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

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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Description Path Traversal in the log file retrieval function in Canonical LXD 5.0 LTS on Linux allows authenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the host system via crafted log file names or symbolic links.
Title Path Traversal in LXD Instance Log File Retrieval
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-02T15:53:20.364Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-54293

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T15:29:39.925Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-02T11:15:30.540

Modified: 2025-10-02T19:11:46.753

Link: CVE-2025-54293

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-03T08:22:47Z