CVE-2023-5536 Information

Description

A feature in LXD (LP1829071) 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.

Reference

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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5536