CVE-2025-5689 | Canonical authd up to 0.5.4 Pre-auth NSS privilege escalation (GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjr)

A vulnerability was found in Canonical authd up to 0.5.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Pre-auth NSS. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation.

The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-5689. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no exploit available.