CVE-2025-54287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Template Injection in instance snapshot creation component in Canonical LXD (>= 4.0) allows an attacker with instance configuration permissions to read arbitrary files on the host system via specially crafted snapshot pattern templates using the Pongo2 template engine.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Lxd

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6

History

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Canonical Canonical lxd
Vendors & Products		Canonical Canonical lxd

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Template Injection in instance snapshot creation component in Canonical LXD (>= 4.0) allows an attacker with instance configuration permissions to read arbitrary files on the host system via specially crafted snapshot pattern templates using the Pongo2 template engine.
Title		Arbitrary File Read via Template Injection in Snapshot Patterns
Weaknesses		CWE-1336
References		https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2025-10-02T09:16:02.241Z

Updated: 2025-10-02T13:27:42.957Z

Reserved: 2025-07-18T07:59:07.917Z

Link: CVE-2025-54287

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T13:27:31.810Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-02T10:15:38.707

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

Link: CVE-2025-54287

Redhat

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