Description
A sandbox confinement bypass vulnerability exists in Canonical snapd within its internal execution environment compiler (snap-confine). The default seccomp security templates generated by the engine to restrict system calls do not filter or reject process operations capable of creating or manipulating file execution flags with set-user-ID attributes. Consequently, an application running within a strictly confined snap environment can successfully compile or drop binaries and apply setuid properties to them. If a compromised or malicious process inside the snap sandbox executes these generated setuid binaries, it can potentially circumvent architectural sandboxing assumptions, drop intended restriction policies, or execute privileged actions inside the container namespace that should otherwise be strictly blocked. The vulnerability has been resolved by hardening the seccomp template engine to block the execution and creation of setuid executables by sandboxed snap processes.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | snapd | < 2.76.1 | 2.76.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | — | 2.76+ubuntu26.04.3 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | — | 2.76+ubuntu24.04.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | — | 2.76+ubuntu22.04.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | — | 2.67.1+20.04ubuntu1~esm2 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | — | 2.61.4ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm3 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | — | 2.61.4ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm3 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | snapd | 2.76.3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | snapd | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | snapd | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | snapd | 2.76+ubuntu26.04.3 | USN-8579-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | snapd | 2.76+ubuntu24.04.1 | USN-8579-1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | snapd | 2.76+ubuntu22.04.1 | USN-8579-1 |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | snapd | 2.67.1+20.04ubuntu1~esm3 | USN-8579-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | snapd | 2.61.4ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm4 | USN-8579-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | snapd | 2.61.4ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4 | USN-8579-1 |
Advisories 2
- USN-8579-1 snapd vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Jul 21, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-2469 snapd: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 21, 2026
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-15226 vdb-entry issue-tracking