CVE-2025-54293: GO-2025-4000 - Canonical LXD Path Traversal Vulnerability in Instance Log File Retrieval Function in github.com/canonical/lxd

CVE-2025-54293 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-11-05

Canonical LXD Path Traversal Vulnerability in Instance Log File Retrieval Function in github.com/canonical/lxd

Technologies: github.com/canonical/lxd (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-54293 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-54293 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-54293?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 5 November 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=4.0,fixed=5.21.4, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c,fixed=0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54293?
Yes. github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3, 5.21.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-54293?
Check whether you run github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • github.com/canonical/lxd (Go): upgrade to 0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3, 5.21.4 or later
    go get github.com/canonical/lxd@v5.21.4

Affected products

  • github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=4.0,fixed=5.21.4, SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-20200331193331-03aab09f5b5c,fixed=0.0.0-20250224180022-ec09b24179f3

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-54293
  • GHSA-472f-vmf2-pr3h
  • GO-2025-4000

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