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TI-2019-08592 Aliases CVE-2019-11502GHSA-hhc7-jq5j-875q

snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to…

Priority LOW 38CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-59 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02486 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.38VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.38 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11502
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hhc7-jq5j-875q

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-01437 Injection in Canonical snapd CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-05192 Local privilege escalation via snapd socket CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-01603 snapd allows $HOME/bin symlink CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2024-04773 Improper input validation in Canonical snapd CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-16634 Improper privilege management in Canonical snapd CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2019-05191 Snapd seccomp filter TIOCSTI ioctl bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 15 →

Sources

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