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SCA: security update for github.com/canonical/lxd (GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435506

Description

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

 - 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 (CVE-2025-54289)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435506

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.41

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54289

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Threat Score: 6.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/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-2025-54289