CVE-2023-5536

6.4 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.4) in canonical ubuntu linux. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.4 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-276
Published: 2023-12-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:ubuntu_linux

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/easy-multi-user-lxd-setup/26215/4
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5536
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxd/+bug/1829071

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