Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54289
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 arbitrar
Published Oct 2, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · 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-2025-54289. EPSS is 0.21%. 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
- CVE-2025-54293 · High
- CVE-2025-54292 · Medium
- CVE-2025-54291 · Medium
- CVE-2025-54290 · Medium
- CVE-2025-54288 · Medium
- Severity
- High7.4
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.21%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Canonical LXD 6 <6.5
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
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 6 <6.56 <6.5
How to fix CVE-2025-54289
Upgrade
CVE-2025-54289 lists a fix boundary at 6.5. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 6 <6.5
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
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-2025-54289. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical LXD is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Canonical LXD 6 <6.5 6 <6.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 2, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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
Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54289
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54289
30-day exploitation probability 0.21%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-32638
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
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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.
- CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026