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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-3155

snapd 2.54.2 and earlier created ~/snap directories in user home directories without specifying owner-only permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read information that should have been private. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

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31 Oct 2026, 11:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-3155

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Feb 2022, 23:15 UTC

snapd 2.54.2 and earlier created ~/snap directories in user home directories without specifying owner-only permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read information that should have been private. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

osv:CVE-2021-3155
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3155",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-3155",
    "summary": "snapd 2.54.2 and earlier created ~/snap directories in user home directories without specifying owner-only permissions. This could allow a local attacker to read information that should have been private. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-3155",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "events": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:40.190813358Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/6bcaeeccd16ed8298a301dd92f6907f88c24cc85",
        "https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/7d2a966620002149891446a53cf114804808dcca",
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5292-1"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385838,
  "published_at": "2022-02-17T23:15:07.337+00:00"
}