Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Canonical LXD (github.com/canonical/lxd) versions from 0.0.0-20220401034332-1e1349e3cbf3 up to, but not including, 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41, and 5.0 before 5.0.5, 5.1 before 5.21.4, and 6.0 before 6.5 are affected. An attacker who lures a logged-in user, authenticated with a client certificate, to a malicious website can use a cross-site form submission to make the API create and start instances, and possibly run commands in containers. Upgrade to 6.5, 5.21.4, 5.0.5, or 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 or later.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L | CNA (canonical) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0013, the 2nd percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC Confirmed by OSV