CVE-2024-5138

2024-05-3121:15:09

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cve-2024-5138

nvd

security

vulnerability

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

The snapctl component within snapd allows a confined snap to interact with the snapd daemon to take certain privileged actions on behalf of the snap. It was found that snapctl did not properly parse command-line arguments, allowing an unprivileged user to trigger an authorised action on behalf of the snap that would normally require administrator privileges to perform. This could possibly allow an unprivileged user to perform a denial of service or similar.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "packageName": "snapd",
    "product": "snapd",
    "vendor": "Canonical Ltd.",
    "repo": "https://github.com/snapcore/snapd",
    "platforms": [
      "Linux"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]