CVE-2019-11502

HIGH

snapd < 2.38 - Unintended Access to Private /tmp Directory via snap-confine Ownership Mismanagement

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/4
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/25/7

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 68.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
canonical/snapd < 2.38
Published Apr 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026