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CVE-2024-5138

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-05-31
  • Fixed in68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14 · 2.63.1 · 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916
  • WeaknessCWE-20

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-05-3121:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP · NVD · OSV
Canonical snapd
BranchAffectedFixed in
68.x< 68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e1468ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14
2.x≥ 2.51.6, < 2.63.12.63.1
0.0< 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa9160.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As canonical, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Canonical Ltd. snapd

    package snapdhttps://github.com/snapcore/snapdplatforms: Linux

    Affected
    • < 68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14fixed in 68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2024-06-19

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • snapdUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • snapdUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • snapdUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • snapdUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • snapdUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • snapdDebian:14all versions · fixed in 2.62-3
  • snapdDebian:13all versions · fixed in 2.62-3
  • snapdDebian:12all versions · no fixed version listed

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2024-5138 Red Hat Product Security

    snapd: Privilege escalation may lead to a Denial of Service

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Canonical snapd to 68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14 · 2.63.1 · 0.0.0-20240524114846-68ee9c6aa916

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Published
2024-05-31
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5138?

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.

Is CVE-2024-5138 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-5138, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-5138?

CVE-2024-5138 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

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