CVE-2025-54292: Client-Side Path Traversal in LXD-UI

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-10-02 · updated 2026-10-12
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Path traversal in Canonical LXD LXD-UI versions before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on all platforms allows remote authenticated attackers to access or modify unintended resources via crafted resource names embedded in URL paths.

Affected products

Canonical LXD: from 5.0.0 before 5.21.4; from 6.0 before 6.5 — fixed in 5.21.4, 6.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Canonical LXD 5.21.4, 6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-7425-4qpj-v4w3
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-7425-4qpj-v4w3

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