High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14178
CVE-2017-14178
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.
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References
3- launchpad.net/bugs/1730255nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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