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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · canonicalNVD modified 2026-10-12 15:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-p8hw-rfjg-689h Exploit, Vendor Advisory