CVE-2025-54288 Source Container Identification Vulnerability via cmdline Spoofing in devLXD Server
Attackers with root in a container can spoof process names to impersonate other containers and access their metadata and configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-54288?
CVE-2025-54288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical LXD, published on 2 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Information Spoofing in devLXD Server in Canonical LXD versions 4.0 and above on Linux container platforms allows attackers with root privileges within any container to impersonate other containers and obtain their metadata, configuration, and device information via spoofed process names in the command line.
Weakness: CWE-290
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54288?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/canonical/lxd. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c | 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 |
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c | 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 |
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c | 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 |
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 4.0 | 5.21.4 |
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 4.0 | 5.21.4 |
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 6.0 | 6.5 |
1 more packages
github.com/canonical/lxd Go | From 6.0 | 6.5 |
Products include Canonical Lxd.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54288?
Upgrade github.com/canonical/lxd to a fixed version for your release line: 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41, 5.21.4 or 6.5.
Is CVE-2025-54288 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54288 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical LXD
- CVE-2026-66897 Instance template path traversal allows arbitrary host file write as root
- CVE-2026-62420 Cross-project cluster migration bypasses project restrictions via cluster notification flag
- CVE-2026-63293 Arbitrary File Read/Write: metadata.yaml symlink in image allows host filesystem access as root
- CVE-2026-63294 Root RCE via image backup.yaml symlink
- CVE-2026-63296 Project restriction bypass via instance migration config override
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54288, GHSA-7232-97c6-j525, GO-2025-4001, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54288.