CVE-2024-5138
HIGHsnapd 2.51.6-2.63.1 - Privilege Escalation via snapctl Command-Line Argument Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch issue-tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2065077
Third Party Advisory issue-tracking
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5138
Vendor Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/security/advisories/GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0061
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
canonical/snapd
2.51.6 - 2.63.1
snapcore/snapd
2.51.6 - 2.63.1Go
Published
May 31, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026