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CVE-2026-34179

9.1 critical SSVC exploitation: poc Analyzed

In Canonical LXD versions 4.12 through 6.7, the doCertificateUpdate function in lxd/certificates.go does not validate the Type field when handling PUT/PATCH requests to /1.0/certificates/{fingerprint} for restricted TLS certificate users, allowing a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to cluster admin.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 9.1 · canonicalNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:lxd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 3