CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
5Description
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.
Analysis
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.
Technical Context
Cross-Site Request Forgery forces authenticated users to perform unintended actions by tricking their browser into sending forged requests. This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352).
Affected Products
Affected products: Canonical Lxd
Remediation
Implement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations. Use SameSite cookie attribute. Verify the Origin/Referer header on the server side.
Priority Score
Vendor Status
Ubuntu
Priority: Medium| Release | Status | Version |
|---|---|---|
| jammy | DNE | - |
| noble | DNE | - |
| plucky | DNE | - |
| bionic | not-affected | no web UI |
| focal | not-affected | installs LXD snap |
| upstream | released | 5.0.5, 5.21.4, 6.5 |
| xenial | not-affected | no web UI |
| questing | DNE | - |
Debian
| Release | Status | Fixed Version | Urgency |
|---|---|---|---|
| trixie | fixed | 6.0.4-2+deb13u1 | - |
| trixie (security) | fixed | 6.0.4-2+deb13u4 | - |
| forky, sid | fixed | 6.0.5-8 | - |
| (unstable) | fixed | 6.0.5-1 | - |
| Release | Status | Fixed Version | Urgency |
|---|---|---|---|
| bookworm | fixed | 5.0.2-5+deb12u1 | - |
| bookworm (security) | fixed | 5.0.2-5+deb12u3 | - |
| trixie | fixed | 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u1 | - |
| trixie (security) | fixed | 5.0.2+git20231211.1364ae4-9+deb13u3 | - |
| (unstable) | fixed | (unfixed) | - |
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2025-32635
GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h