CVE-2021-44731 HIGH

CVE-2021-44731: snapd could be made to escalate privileges and run programs as administrator

Vendor Canonical Ltd.
Product snapd
Weakness CWE-362
Published February 17, 2022
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A race condition existed in the snapd 2.54.2 snap-confine binary when preparing a private mount namespace for a snap. This could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges by bind-mounting their own contents inside the snap's private mount namespace and causing snap-confine to execute arbitrary code and hence gain privilege escalation. Fixed in snapd versions 2.54.3+18.04, 2.54.3+20.04 and 2.54.3+21.10.1

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 17, 2022 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated