CVE-2025-54289

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-54289?

Upgrade incus on debian 13 to 6.0.4-2+deb13u1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-54289 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-54289 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.19% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 9% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-54289?

CVE-2025-54289 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-54289 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for incus (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-1385

How to fix

Remediation Available

incusDebian

Fixed in:6.0.4-2+deb13u1CVE-2025-54289

Fixed in:6.0.5-1CVE-2025-54289

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

9thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-54289?

Upgrade incus on debian 13 to 6.0.4-2+deb13u1 or later.

Is CVE-2025-54289 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-54289 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.19% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 9% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-54289?

CVE-2025-54289 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-54289 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for incus (Debian). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-10-24.