Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS listener in Canonical LXD 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6.9 before 4.0.15, 5.0.11, 5.21.9, 6.10.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to authenticate as any trusted client and gain full access to the cluster and managed virtual machines via a crafted certificate chain.
Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS listener in LXD
Problem type
Affected products
Canonical
< 4.0.15 - AFFECTED
< 5.0.11 - AFFECTED
< 5.21.9 - AFFECTED
< 6.10.1 - AFFECTED
References
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-99jp-jwmc-65p4
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/security-advisory-critical-vulnerability-found-in-canonical-lxd-and-microcloud/90557
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-6-10-1-lts-has-been-released/90024
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-21-9-lts-has-been-released/90565/1
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-0-11-lts-has-been-released/90570/1
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-4-0-15-lts-has-been-released/90571
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-pq55-m3w3-jh54
Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS listener in Canonical LXD 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pq55-m3w3-jh54Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS listener in Canonical LXD 4.0.14, 5.0.10, 5.21.8, 6.9 before 4.0.15, 5.0.11, 5.21.9, 6.10.1 allows an unauthenticated attacker to authenticate as any trusted client and gain full access to the cluster and managed virtual machines via a crafted certificate chain.
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-99jp-jwmc-65p4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112816
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-4-0-15-lts-has-been-released/90571
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-0-11-lts-has-been-released/90570/1
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-21-9-lts-has-been-released/90565/1
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-6-10-1-lts-has-been-released/90024
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/security-advisory-critical-vulnerability-found-in-canonical-lxd-and-microcloud/90557
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pq55-m3w3-jh54
From Hacker News
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-112816Click to expand
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