What is CVE-2024-29068?

CVE-2024-29068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Snapd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-29068?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Canonical Snapd

CVE-2024-29068

In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the file type when extracting a snap. The snap format is a squashfs file-system image and so can contain files that are non-regular files (such as pipes or sockets etc). Vari…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.000 (8.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Canonical Snapd — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/b66fee81606a1c05f965a876ccbaf44174194063
github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/13682

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29068?: CVE-2024-29068 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Snapd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-29068?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.