Security advisory

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  "id": "7faec80ad2cfe40a0821a30c67542ae4bc23f9b56250bfe6bf9c6a61395e6a57",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5138",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-5138",
    "summary": "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 unprivileged user to trigger an authorised action on behalf of the snap that would normally require administrator privileges to perform. This could possibly allow an unprivileged user to perform a denial of service or similar.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-5138",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-5138",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-5138",
        "GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46",
        "GO-2024-2906"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/canonical/snapd",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "93552979bad10e6f45fc28cce99ebfe6c69b7a01"
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                {
                  "fixed": "3ba5d67ca332f9fcb408ad0ad3cc70b3d67869ca"
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                {
                  "fixed": "68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14"
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              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "2.51.6"
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                        "fixed": "2.63.1"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "fixed": "68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14"
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                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
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            "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"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-5138.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.052588486Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/5xxx/CVE-2024-5138.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5138",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/2065077",
        "https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/security/advisories/GHSA-p9v8-q5m4-pf46",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5138",
        "https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/68ee9c6aa916ab87dbfd9a26030690f2cabf1e14",
        "https://github.com/snapcore/snapd"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2024-5138",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 490464,
  "published_at": "2024-05-31T21:02:19.979+00:00"
}