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SCA: security update for github.com/lxc/lxd (GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435501

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-54287)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2hg-2v4p-vmh6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435501

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/3/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.53

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54287