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Project Existence Disclosure via Error Handling in LXD Image Export

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Information disclosure in image export API in Canonical LXD before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on Linux allows network attackers to determine project existence without authentication via crafted requests using wildcard fingerprints.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-54290
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 10:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Project Existence Disclosure via Error Handling in LXD Image Export

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Oct 2025, 09:24 UTC

Information disclosure in image export API in Canonical LXD before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on Linux allows network attackers to determine project existence without authentication via crafted requests using wildcard fingerprints.

osv:CVE-2025-54290
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "Project Existence Disclosure via Error Handling in LXD Image Export",
    "summary": "Information disclosure in image export API in Canonical LXD before 6.5 and 5.21.4 on Linux allows network attackers to determine project existence without authentication via crafted requests using wildcard fingerprints.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-54290",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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