PT-2024-13784 · Canonical · Lxd

Mate Kukri · Published 2024-02-14 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2023-49721

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LXD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an insecure default setting that allows the UEFI Shell in EDK2, which was left enabled in LXD. This setting enables an OS-resident attacker to bypass Secure Boot.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-49721

Affected Products

Lxd

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48733 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49721 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/Esparta6108713/status/1757894888522154375 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1757791811362316633 · Twitter Post
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/edk2/+bug/2040137 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1757891040353058956 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/oss_security/status/1757802739373887978 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133521 · Telegram Post
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/2040139 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99401 · Telegram Post
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/14/4 · Note