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CVE-2017-14178
In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow…
High7.5EPSS 1.8%
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Description
In snapd 2.27 through 2.29.2 the 'snap logs' command could be made to call journalctl without match arguments and therefore allow unprivileged, unauthenticated users to bypass systemd-journald's access restrictions.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Information leak
- CWE-755 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-755 and its CVEs
Affected products
snapd
- affected 2.27 through 2.29.2
References (3)
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1730255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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