What is CVE-2025-54293?

CVE-2025-54293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-54293?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Linux Kernel

CVE-2025-54293

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2025-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Canonical Lxd — versions 6.0, 5.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-54293?: CVE-2025-54293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-54293?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.