Cross-site request forgery in LXD - CVE-2025-54286
Published: October 21, 2025 / Updated: April 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117412
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-54286
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin when using client certificate authentication with LXD-UI. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Affected software
LXD
Debian Linux
lxd (Debian package)
incus (Debian package)
Debian Linux
lxd (Debian package)
incus (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-54286
Install updates from vendor's website.
LXD - addressed in versions 5.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5
lxd (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u1, 5.0.2-5+deb12u1
incus (Debian package) - update to 6.0.4-2+deb13u1
lxd (Debian package) - addressed in versions 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u1, 5.0.2-5+deb12u1
incus (Debian package) - update to 6.0.4-2+deb13u1