CVE-2025-54289 HIGH

CVE-2025-54289: Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in LXD Operations API

Vendor Canonical
Product LXD
Weakness CWE-1385
Published October 2, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 2, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated