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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-6156

Mark Laing discovered that LXD's PKI mode, until version 5.21.2, could be bypassed if the client's certificate was present in the trust store.

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CVE-2024-6156
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3 Nov 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-6156

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Dec 2024, 23:11 UTC

Mark Laing discovered that LXD's PKI mode, until version 5.21.2, could be bypassed if the client's certificate was present in the trust store.

osv:CVE-2024-6156
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6156",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-6156",
    "summary": "Mark Laing discovered that LXD's PKI mode, until version 5.21.2, could be bypassed if the client's certificate was present in the trust store.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-6156",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v",
        "GO-2024-3312"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N"
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      ],
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            "lxd-4.0.7",
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            "lxd-4.0.5",
            "lxd-4.0.4",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:28.191462433Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/6xxx/CVE-2024-6156.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6156",
        "https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6156",
        "https://github.com/canonical/lxd"
      ],
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 494677,
  "published_at": "2024-12-05T23:11:04.815+00:00"
}