CVE-2024-5138 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-5138

The snapctl component within snapd allows a confined snap to...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Rory McNamara from Snyk Security Labs

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Affected Vendor

Canonical Ltd.

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Affected Software

snapd
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 31st, 2024
Last Modified: September 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.