Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in LXD Operations API

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54289",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Privilege Escalation via WebSocket Connection Hijacking in LXD Operations API",
    "summary": "Privilege Escalation in operations API in Canonical LXD <6.5 on multiple platforms allows attacker with read permissions to hijack terminal or console sessions and execute arbitrary commands via WebSocket connection hijacking format",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-54289",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228",
        "GO-2025-3999"
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.009677607Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54289.json",
        "https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-3g72-chj4-2228",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54289",
        "https://github.com/canonical/lxd"
      ],
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        "cwe_ids": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 504407,
  "published_at": "2025-10-02T09:23:03.238+00:00"
}