title: snapd could be made to escalate privileges and run programs as administrator
description: 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
problem types: CWE-362 Race Condition (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)
affected:
{
vendor: Canonical Ltd.
product: snapd
versions:
version: unspecified, lessThanOrEqual: 2.54.2, status: affected, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
attackVector: LOCAL
attackComplexity: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: NONE
scope: CHANGED
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
]