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FKIE_CVE-2026-3888

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-17 14:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:44
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Local privilege escalation in snapd on Linux allows local attackers to get root privilege by re-creating snap's private /tmp directory when systemd-tmpfiles is configured to automatically clean up this directory. This issue affects Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, and 24.04 LTS.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/03/17/cve-2026-3888-important-snap-flaw-enables-local-privilege-escalation-to-rootMitigation, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://cdn2.qualys.com/advisory/2026/03/17/snap-confine-systemd-tmpfiles.txtThird Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/snapd-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2026-3888Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3888Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8102-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 22.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 24.04
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