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Debian dsa-6153 : golang-github-canonical-lxd-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 300202

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6153 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6153-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 01, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : lxd CVE ID : CVE-2026-23953 CVE-2026-23954

 Two security issues were discovered in LXD, a system container and virtual machine manager, which could result the in execution of arbitrary commands via malformed images.

 For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.2-5+deb12u3.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your lxd packages.

 For the detailed security status of lxd please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/lxd

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the golang-github-canonical-lxd-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/lxd

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23953

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23954

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/lxd

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/lxd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 300202

File Name: debian_DSA-6153.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2026

Updated: 3/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23954

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-agent, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-canonical-lxd-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxd-migrate, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23953, CVE-2026-23954