Bug 2521822 - CVE-2026-8933 snapd: snap-confine: Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure Privilege Boundary Initialization [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-8933 snapd: snap-confine: Local Privilege Escalation via Insecure Pr...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: snapd
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Zygmunt Krynicki
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-8933
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Reported: 2026-08-24 11:38 UTC by Vladimir Vasilev
Modified: 2026-08-24 11:38 UTC (History)
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Description Vladimir Vasilev 2026-08-24 11:38:44 UTC
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A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in snap-confine, a set-capabilities core component used internally by Canonical snapd to construct the secure execution environment for snap applications. This vulnerability uniquely affects versions of snap-confine configured with set-capabilities (rather than standard set-uid-root installations).
Due to a flaw in how privilege boundaries or security sandboxes are initialized when the binary runs under limited ambient capabilities, a local, unprivileged attacker can exploit this behavior to bypass intended restrictions and execute arbitrary code. Successful exploitation allows the local user to elevate their privileges to full root authority.


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