CVE-2026-3888

A privilege escalation flaw has been discovered in snapd. This 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. Mitigation Mitigation...

USN-8102-2 snapd regression

USN-8102-1 fixed a vulnerability in snapd. The update caused a regresision for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS while installing the package. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Qualys discovered that snapd incorrectly handled certain operations in the...

EUVD-2026-12570

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...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-3888

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

CVE-2019-11502: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

snap-confine in snapd before 2.38 incorrectly set the ownership of a snap application to the uid and gid of the first calling user. Consequently, that user had unintended access to a private /tmp directory...