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CVE-2022-3328

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3328 describes a race condition vulnerability within snap-confine's must_mkdir_and_open_with_perms() function, impacting Canonical snapd and Ubuntu Linux. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.0) requires local access and high attack complexity, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article detailing its potential use in a privilege escalation chain.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.61.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:snapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
22.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 1,525 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/snapcore/snapdFixed in: 2.57.6
ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-cjqf-877p-7m3fcritical

snapd Race Condition vulnerability

Jan 8, 2024

References

cve.mitre.org / cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / security/notices/USN-5753-1
Vendor Advisory