CVE-2023-5536
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.2%
A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.
- Affected
- Canonical · Ubuntu Server
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 6.4 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 UBUNTU
- 5.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 15th percentile
- Published
- 2023-12-12
- Updated
- 2024-08-02
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- karthikparambil/lxd2root3★ · 2026-09-03
Security advisories
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071
- https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536