SCA: security update for github.com/canonical/lxd (GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435504

Description

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

- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in LXD-UI in Canonical LXD versions >= 5.0 on Linux allows an attacker
to create and start container instances without user consent via crafted HTML form submissions exploiting
client certificate authentication. (CVE-2025-54286)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435504

Version: Revision 1.13

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.63

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: 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

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-2025-54286

cwe: CWE-352