What is CVE-2024-5138?

CVE-2024-5138 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Snapd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-5138?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Canonical Ltd. Snapd

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 unpr…

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

EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Snapd — versions 0
Canonical Snapd

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@ubuntu.com (Patch, patch)
security@ubuntu.com (issue-tracking, Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
security@ubuntu.com (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)
security@ubuntu.com (issue-tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5138?: CVE-2024-5138 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Snapd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-5138?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.