• Local-privilege escalation in snapd

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 15:45:06
    Local-privilege escalation in snapd

    Date:
    Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:34:34 +0000

    Description:
    Qualys has discovered
    a local-privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting Ubuntu
    Desktop 24.04 and later: This flaw (CVE-2026-3888) allows an unprivileged local attacker to
    escalate privileges to full root access through the interaction of two
    standard system components: snap-confine and systemd-tmpfiles. More details are available in the security
    advisory . Canonical has published updated packages as well as instructions for verifying if a system is vulnerable and how to upgrade if so.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1063453/


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