{"id":"CVE-2017-14178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14178","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:18:28.054Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-02-02T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-755"],"affected":["snapcraft/snapd"],"epss":{"score":0.01757,"percentile":0.77833,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1730255","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/4194","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1730255","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-14178.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14178","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}