Is CVE-2024-5138 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-5138 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-5138?

CVE-2024-5138 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-5138?

CVE-2024-5138 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5138?

Upgrade snapd on debian 13 to 2.62-3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-5138

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The snapctl component within snapd allows a confined snap to interact with the snapd daemon to take certain privileged actions on behalf of the snap. It was found that snapctl did not properly parse command-line arguments, allowing an unprivileged user to trigger an authorised action on behalf of the snap that would normally require administrator privileges to perform. This could possibly allow an unprivileged user to perform a denial of service or similar.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

snapdDebian

Fixed in:2.62-3CVE-2024-5138

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

cve.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-3400	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-21985	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-7600	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-3452	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-26.