CVSS 3.1
8.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2024-1724
High (8.2) in canonical snapd. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/snapcore/snapd 2.62.
In snapd versions prior to 2.62, when using AppArmor for enforcement of
sandbox permissions, snapd failed to restrict writes to the $HOME/bin
path. In Ubuntu, when this path exists, it is automatically added to
the users PATH. An attacker who could convince a user to install a
malicious snap which used the 'home' plug could use this vulnerability
to install arbitrary scripts into the users PATH which may then be run
by the user outside of the expected snap sandbox and hence allow them
to escape confinement.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-732
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:snapd
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-4mh8-9689-38vr | Go | github.com/snapcore/snapd | <2.62 | 2.62 |
| GO-2024-3007 | Go | github.com/snapcore/snapd | all versions | no fix published |
References
- https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/aa191f97713de8dc3ce3ac818539f0b976eb8ef6
- https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/13689
- https://gld.mcphail.uk/posts/explaining-cve-2024-1724/
- https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/aa191f97713de8dc3ce3ac818539f0b976eb8ef6
- https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/13689