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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54287

Template 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

Published Oct 2, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 2, 2025 · Canonical LXD

Last checked Nov 1, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54287. EPSS is 0.38%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical LXD is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.38%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Canonical LXD 5.21 <5.21.4

Template 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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Canonical LXD 5.21 <5.21.45.21 <5.21.4

How to fix CVE-2025-54287

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54287. EPSS is 0.38%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical LXD is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Canonical LXD 5.21 <5.21.4 5.21 <5.21.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.38%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Ubuntu security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Template 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.

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Template 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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54287

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54287

    30-day exploitation probability 0.38%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-32636

    Template 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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 1, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 1, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 23, 2026