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SCA: security update for snapcraft (GHSA-qxm5-vx5j-pp6w)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437213

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In some conditions, a snap package built by snapcraft includes the current directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH,
 allowing a malicious snap to gain code execution within the context of another snap if both plug the home
 interface or similar. This issue affects snapcraft versions prior to 4.4.4, prior to 2.43.1+16.04.1, and
 prior to 2.43.1+18.04.1. (CVE-2020-27348)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qxm5-vx5j-pp6w

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437213

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27348

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27348

cwe: CWE-427