Security advisory

{
  "id": "a2540b2e1f963e1e23a0f3530603f224f2910b3978c4b947fd9e5ce02b6a2320",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-7304",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-7304",
    "summary": "Canonical snapd before version 2.37.1 incorrectly performed socket owner validation, allowing an attacker to run arbitrary commands as root. This issue affects: Canonical snapd versions prior to 2.37.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-7304",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-7304",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-7304"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/canonical/snapd",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4a0dbb587dbf3bf8026d01930858442e9d10d68a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.37.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.37",
            "untagged-ec50ee5bfb45daefc236",
            "2.15.2",
            "2.15",
            "2.14.2.16.04",
            "2.14.1",
            "2.14",
            "2.13",
            "2.12",
            "2.11",
            "2.0.10",
            "2.0.9",
            "2.0.8",
            "2.0.7",
            "2.0.6",
            "2.0.5",
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.3",
            "2.0",
            "1.9.4",
            "1.9.3",
            "1.9.2",
            "1.9.1",
            "1.9",
            "ppa",
            "1.7.3+20160310ubuntu1",
            "1.7.3+20160308ubuntu1",
            "1.7.3+20160303ubuntu4",
            "1.7.3+20160303ubuntu3",
            "1.7.3+20160303ubuntu2",
            "1.7.3+20160303ubuntu1",
            "1.7.3+20160225ubuntu1",
            "1.7.2+20160223ubuntu1",
            "1.7.2+20160204ubuntu1",
            "1.7.2+20160113ubuntu1",
            "1.7.2ubuntu1",
            "1.7ubuntu1",
            "1.6ubuntu1",
            "1.5ubuntu1",
            "1.4ubuntu1",
            "1.3ubuntu1",
            "1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "1.1.2-0ubuntu1",
            "1.1.1-0ubuntu1",
            "1.1-0ubuntu1",
            "1.0.1-0ubuntu1",
            "1.0-0ubuntu1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-7304.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.673917812Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3887-1/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46361",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46362"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "18.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "18.10"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-7304",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429613,
  "published_at": "2019-04-23T16:29:10.797+00:00"
}