Upstream information

CVE-2026-34179 at MITRE

Description

In Canonical LXD versions 4.12 through 6.7, the doCertificateUpdate function in lxd/certificates.go does not validate the Type field when handling PUT/PATCH requests to /1.0/certificates/{fingerprint} for restricted TLS certificate users, allowing a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges to cluster admin.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Canonical)
Base Score 9.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1261878 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 GA govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20260916T180043-160100.1.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Apr 9 14:29:00 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Nov 4 17:36:25 2026