CVE-2024-5138GHSA-P9V8-Q5M4-PF46GO-2024-2906
The snapctl component within snapd allows a confined snap to interact with the snapd daemon to take certain privileged actions on behalf of
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- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.63.1, 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- snapd
Version range not reported
- github.com/snapcore/snapdGo
From 2.51.6 · fixed in 2.63.1
- github.com/snapcore/snapdGo
fixed in 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916
- github.com/snapcore/snapdGo
All versions