CVE-2024-5138 json
CVE-2024-5138: snapd snapctl auth bypass
published 2024-05-31 2 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-0101 , GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46 , GO-2024-2906
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/snapcore/snapd 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916, 2.63.1
- Canonical Ltd. snapd 68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14
- snapd Debian 14, Debian 13 2.62-3
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5138
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2024-5138 updated cvss 5.5
snapd: Privilege escalation may lead to a Denial of Service
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2065077 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/snapcore/snapd | >=2.51.6, <2.63.1 <0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916 all versions |
2.63.1 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916 |
Affected products
- Canonical Ltd. snapd
- canonical snapd
Classification
References
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github.com
/snapcore/snapd/commit/68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14
patch
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bugs.launchpad.net
/snapd/+bug/2065077
issue-tracking, web, exploit, patch, report
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github.com
/canonical/snapd/commit/68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14
web
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github.com
/snapcore/snapd/security/advisories/GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
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cve.org
/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5138
issue-tracking, web, third-party-advisory, advisory
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github.com
/canonical/snapd/security/advisories/GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46
web
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github.com
/canonical/snapd
package
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ubuntu.com
/security/CVE-2024-5138
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-5138
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46
- NVD CVE-2024-5138
- OSV GO-2024-2906
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