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.
History

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Canonical
Canonical snapd
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Canonical
Canonical snapd

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-20
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2024-05-31T21:02:19.979Z

Updated: 2024-09-06T19:48:49.508Z

Reserved: 2024-05-19T22:29:02.330Z

Link: CVE-2024-5138

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:10.778Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-31T21:15:09.930

Modified: 2025-08-26T17:21:12.027

Link: CVE-2024-5138

cve-icon Redhat

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