CVE 9.1 CRITICAL

Update of type field in restricted TLS certificate allows privilege escalation to cluster admin_CVE-2026-34179

9.1 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In Canonical LXD versions 4.12 through 6.7, the doCertificateUpdate function in lxd/certificates.go does not validate the Type field when handling PUT/PATCH requests to /1.0/certificates/{fingerprint} for restricted TLS certificate users, allowing a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to cluster admin.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-34179
Source canonical
Published Apr 9, 2026 at 09:22
Modified Apr 9, 2026 at 11:54

Affected Product

Vendor Canonical
Product lxd
Version 4.12.0
Affected Versions Canonical lxd 4.12.0
Canonical lxd 5.1.0
Canonical lxd 6.0.0

CWE Classification

References

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