High severity · published Oct 2, 2025
CVE-2025-54289
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…
8.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LX
Lxd · Canonical
4.0.0 before 5.21.4; 6.1 before 6.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54289
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54289
Exploit
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228
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