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CVE-2024-6156

CA certificate sign check bypass

Severity
Low 3.8
Published
2 Dec 2024
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
4.0.10, 5.0.4, 5.21.2
Also known as
GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

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.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
LXDServers and applications · cpe:a:canonical:lxd
  • From 4.0.0 before 4.0.10
  • From 5.0.0 before 5.0.4
  • From 5.1 before 5.21.2
LXDServers and applications · github:canonical/lxd
  • From 4.0 before 4.0.10

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6156
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6156
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v
  • github.com https://github.com/canonical/lxd/security/advisories/GHSA-4c49-9fpc-hc3v