Privilege escalation in Canonical Ltd. Apport
CVE-2023-1326
A privilege escalation attack was found in apport-cli 2.26.0 and earlier which is similar to CVE-2023-26604. If a system is specially configured to allow unprivileged users to run sudo apport-cli, less is configured as the pager, and the t…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.009 (55.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Canonical Ltd. Apport — versions 0
- Canonical Apport
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 18.04, 20.04, 22.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@ubuntu.com (Patch, patch)
- security@ubuntu.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-1326?
- CVE-2023-1326 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Apport, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2023-04-13.
- How severe is CVE-2023-1326?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-1326 known to be exploited?
- 15 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.