CVE-2025-54293

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductCanonical Lxd
PublishedOct 2, 2025
First seenOct 2, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • canonical lxd5.21.4, 6.5 or later
  • github.com/canonical/lxd5.21.4, 6.5, 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
canonical lxd4.0.0 ≤ v < 5.21.4, 6.0 ≤ v < 6.55.21.4, 6.5
github.com/canonical/lxdGo4.0 ≤ v < 5.21.4, 6.0 ≤ v < 6.5, 0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c ≤ v < 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f35.21.4, 6.5, 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3

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