CVE-2023-5536
A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.
02 Description
A feature in LXD (LP#1829071), affects the default configuration of Ubuntu Server which allows privileged users in the lxd group to escalate their privilege to root without requiring a sudo password.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-12-12 01:51Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-02 07:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276Incorrect Default PermissionsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 421bdf5008cc6340e8b32cc30a63e9db51a1b6c69e6a8836a49f3f9ad9294fff
05 Affected products
06 References
- discourse.ubuntu.comhttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4
- ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071
- cve.mitre.orghttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- subiquity No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- subiquity No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- cloud-init No fix yet
- subiquity No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- cloud-init No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- cloud-init No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- cloud-init No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.