CVE-2025-54293

Path Traversal in LXD Instance Log File Retrieval

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.

Affected

Canonical · LXD

CVSS v4.0 UBUNTU

7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/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

7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 47th percentile

Published

2025-10-02

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• advisories/GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h

Security advisories

• canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry