CVE-2025-54286 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in LXD-UI in Canonical LXD versions >= 5.0 on Linux allows an attacker to create and start container instances without user consent via crafted HTML form submissions exploiting client certificate authentication.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Lxd
Linux	Linux

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h

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': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in LXD-UI in Canonical LXD versions >= 5.0 on Linux allows an attacker to create and start container instances without user consent via crafted HTML form submissions exploiting client certificate authentication.
Title		CSRF Vulnerability When Using Client Certificate Authentication with the LXD-UI
Weaknesses		CWE-352
References		https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2025-10-02T09:12:49.044Z

Updated: 2025-10-03T03:55:38.219Z

Reserved: 2025-07-18T07:59:07.916Z

Link: CVE-2025-54286

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T13:28:06.576Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-02T10:15:38.427

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

Link: CVE-2025-54286

Redhat

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