CVE-2024-6156

Severity Score

3.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-06-18 CVE Reserved
2024-12-05 CVE Published
2025-03-18 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v	Issue Tracking
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6156	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Canonical Ltd. Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."		LXD Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD"				>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.10 Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD" and version " >= 4.0.0 < 4.0.10"		en		Affected
Canonical Ltd. Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."		LXD Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD"				>= 4.0.0 < 5.0.4 Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD" and version " >= 4.0.0 < 5.0.4"		en		Affected
Canonical Ltd. Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."		LXD Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD"				>= 4.0.0 < 5.21.2 Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD" and version " >= 4.0.0 < 5.21.2"		en		Affected
Canonical Ltd. Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."		LXD Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD"				>= 4.0 < 6.1 Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "LXD" and version " >= 4.0 < 6.1"		en		Affected