CVE-2025-54287

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

T

emplate Injection in instance snapshot creation component in Canonical LXD (>= 4.0) allows an attacker with instance configuration permissions to read arbitrary files on the host system via specially crafted snapshot pattern templates using the Pongo2 template engine.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Oct 2025, 15:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Linux linux Kernel Canonical Canonical lxd Linux
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd::::::::
References	~~() https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6 -~~	() https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5

02 Oct 2025, 19:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-02 10:15

Updated : 2025-10-22 15:39

NVD link : CVE-2025-54287

Mitre link : CVE-2025-54287

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-54287

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux_kernel

lxd

CWE

CWE-1336

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

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