# CVE-2024-6156: Mark Laing discovered that LXD's PKI mode, until version 5.21.2, could be bypassed if the client's certificate was present in the trust stor

- Also known as: GHSA-4C49-9FPC-HC3V, GO-2024-3312
- Severity: CVSS 3.8 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.10, 5.0.4, 5.21.2, 6.1, 0.0.0-20240708073652-5a492a3f0036
- Published: 2024-12-05 · Updated: 2025-03-18

## Affected

- lxd: from 4.0, fixed in 4.0.10; from 4.0, fixed in 5.0.4; from 4.0, fixed in 5.21.2; from 4.0, fixed in 6.1
- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20240708073652-5a492a3f0036

## Description

Mark Laing discovered that LXD's PKI mode, until version 5.21.2, could be bypassed if the client's certificate was present in the trust store.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lxd, github.com/canonical/lxd, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.10, 5.0.4, 5.21.2, 6.1, 0.0.0-20240708073652-5a492a3f0036) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6156

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