PT-2024-6092 · Snapd+2 · Snapd+2

Rmcnamara-Snyk + 1 · Published 2024-05-24 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2024-5138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions snapd (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the snapctl component within snapd, which 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 authorized 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. The vulnerability may also allow a remote attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Improper Authorization

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-06998

CVE-2024-5138

GHSA-JRR7-64M9-X984

GHSA-P9V8-Q5M4-PF46

GO-2024-2906

Affected Products

Debian

Red Os

Snapd

References · 22

• https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/security/advisories/GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14 · Patch
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2065077 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-2906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5138 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5138 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-06998 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jrr7-64m9-x984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/canonical/snapd · Note