2026-10-30 16:42CVE-2026-112816canonical
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-295

Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS listener in LXD

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.

Problem type

Affected products

Canonical

LXD

< 4.0.15 - AFFECTED

< 5.0.11 - AFFECTED

< 5.21.9 - AFFECTED

< 6.10.1 - AFFECTED

References

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-jh54

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.

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