Improper Certificate Validation Affecting github.com/canonical/lxd package, versions <5.21.2
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- published6 Dec 2024
- disclosed6 Dec 2024
- creditMark Laing
Introduced: 6 Dec 2024
CVE-2024-6156 Â (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/canonical/lxd to version 5.21.2 or higher.
Overview
github.com/canonical/lxd is an a modern, secure and powerful system container and virtual machine manager.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation due to improper validation of client certificates in PKI mode. An attacker can bypass security restrictions by presenting a valid certificate that is already trusted by the system.
Note: Version 4.0 and above are affected.