CVE-2025-54293 (GCVE-0-2025-54293)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-02 10:43 – Updated: 2025-10-02 15:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
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
References
1 reference
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