Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2025 · Assigned by canonical
CVE-2025-54291Project existence disclosure in LXD images API
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in LXD from Canonical. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | incus | 6.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-54291 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | incus | 6.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-54291 |
| Debian:13 | incus | 6.0.4-2+deb13u1 | DSA-6027-1 |
| Debian:13 | incus | 6.0.4-2+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54291 |
| Debian:14 | incus | 6.0.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54291 |
| Debian:12 | lxd | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54291 |
| Debian:13 | lxd | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54291 |
| Go | github.com/canonical/lxd | 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 | GO-2025-4005 |
| Go | github.com/canonical/lxd | 5.21.4 | GHSA-xch9-h8qw-85c7 |
| Go | github.com/canonical/lxd | 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41 | GHSA-xch9-h8qw-85c7 |
| Go | github.com/canonical/lxd | 6.5 | GHSA-xch9-h8qw-85c7 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-209 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N