LXD vulnerability

Information disclosure in images API in Canonical LXD before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on all platforms allows unauthenticated remote attackers to determine project existence via differing HTTP status code responses.

Published 2 Oct 2025Updated 12 Oct 202626 sources
CVSS 6.9 ✓ VERIFIED REFERENCE

What happened

Information disclosure in images API in Canonical LXD before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on all platforms allows unauthenticated remote attackers to determine project existence via differing HTTP status code responses.

Affected versions

LXD: 6.0 through before 6.5 (semver); 5.21 through before 5.21.4 (semver) Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
  • Review affected product exposure and access logs.

Public PoC references

RepositoryAuthorFirst seenReference
github.comNVD reference2025-10-02Verified