CVE-2025-54293 (GCVE-0-2025-54293)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-02 10:43 – Updated: 2025-10-02 15:53
VLAI
Title
Path Traversal in LXD Instance Log File Retrieval
Summary
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.
Severity
7.1 (High)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-02 15:29 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
canonical CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 59 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical LXD Affected: 6.0 , < 6.5 (semver)
Affected: 5.21 , < 5.21.4 (semver)
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Credits
GMO Flatt Security Inc.
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