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CVE-2019-11503
snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working…
High7.5EPSS 2.4%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
snap-confine as included in snapd before 2.39 did not guard against symlink races when performing the chdir() to the current working directory of the calling user, aka a "cwd restore permission bypass."
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:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (6 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
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/18/4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/6642 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190425 Re: Security issues in snapcraft snap-confine set*id binary (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-b6612c5fe5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-bc3dfb389f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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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