CVE-2025-54289
Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in LXD Operations API
HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.2%
Privilege Escalation in operations API in Canonical LXD <6.5 on multiple platforms allows attacker with read permissions to hijack terminal or console sessions and execute arbitrary commands via WebSocket connection hijacking format
- Affected
- Canonical · LXD
- CVSS v4.0 UBUNTU
- 7.4 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 7.4 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS v3.1 GitHub
- 6.8 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - EPSS
- 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 10th percentile
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- Updated
- 2026-02-26