Vulnerability in Canonical Lxd

CVE-2025-54287

Template Injection in instance snapshot creation component in Canonical LXD (>= 4.0) allows an attacker with instance configuration permissions to read arbitrary files on the host system via specially crafted snapshot pattern templates us…

EPSS: 0.001 (20.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-54287?
CVE-2025-54287 is a vulnerability in Canonical Lxd, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine. Published 2025-10-02.
Is CVE-2025-54287 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.