Name: CVE-2025-54289: Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2025-54289, CWE-1385, CVSS 8.1, EPSS 0.00207

Privilege Escalation in operations API in Canonical LXD <6.5 on multiple platforms allows attacker with read permissions to hijack terminal or console sessions and execute arbitrary commands via WebSocket connection hijacking format

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 7.4 (HIGH)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade lxdUpgrade incus	Mar 17, 2026	Oct 2, 2025
Debian	—	Upgrade incus	Jul 23, 2026	Jul 23, 2026

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CVSS Details

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