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SCA: security update for github.com/snapcore/snapd (GHSA-69p6-gp5x-j269)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411347

Description

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

 - In snapd versions prior to 2.62, snapd failed to properly check the destination of symbolic links when
 extracting a snap. The snap format is a squashfs file-system image and so can contain symbolic links and
 other file types. Various file entries within the snap squashfs image (such as icons and desktop files
 etc) are directly read by snapd when it is extracted. An attacker who could convince a user to install a
 malicious snap which contained symbolic links at these paths could then cause snapd to write out the
 contents of the symbolic link destination into a world-readable directory. This in-turn could allow an
 unprivileged user to gain access to privileged information. (CVE-2024-29069)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-69p6-gp5x-j269

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 411347

Version: Revision 1.14

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29069

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Threat Score: 0.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29069