Medium severity · published Oct 2, 2025
CVE-2025-54292
Path traversal in Canonical LXD LXD-UI versions before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on all platforms allows remote authenticated attackers to access or modify unintended resources via crafted…
4.6
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Path traversal in Canonical LXD LXD-UI versions before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on all platforms allows remote authenticated attackers to access or modify unintended resources via crafted resource names embedded in URL paths.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LX
Lxd · Canonical
5.0.0 before 5.21.4; 6.0 before 6.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54292
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54292
Exploit
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-7425-4qpj-v4w3
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