Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-5536

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.

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Affected products

Canonical/Ubuntu Linux
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <24.04
Ubuntu/LXDllm-create
Ubuntu/Ubuntu Serverllm-create
Canonical/Ubuntu Serverv5
Range: 0

Patches

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References

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cginvdThird Party Advisory
discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4nvdVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536nvdVendor Advisory

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