CVE-2017-14178

high

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.

References

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.html

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1730255

https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01234