# GO-2025-4121 - LXD vulnerable to a local privilege escalation through custom storage volumes in lxd in github.com/canonical/lxd

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/go-2025-4121-lxd-vulnerable-to-a-local-privilege-escalation-through-8fc51dbc  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-18  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: info · Published 2025-11-18

LXD vulnerable to a local privilege escalation through custom storage volumes in lxd in github.com/canonical/lxd

Technologies: [github.com/canonical/lxd (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-canonical-lxd). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Informational severity, published 18 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected?** 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.

## Affected products

- github.com/canonical/lxd (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0

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