Medium severity · published Oct 2, 2025
CVE-2025-54293
Path Traversal in LXD Instance Log File Retrieval
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LX
LXD · Canonical
6.0 before 6.5; 5.21 before 5.21.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54293
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54293
Exploit
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h
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