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Posted on 19 March 2026
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-6170-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
March 19, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : snapd
CVE ID : CVE-2026-3888
Debian Bug : 1131120
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) discovered a local privilege
escalation vulnerability in snapd, a daemon and tooling that enable snap
packages. Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at
https://cdn2.qualys.com/advisory/2026/03/17/snap-confine-systemd-tmpfiles.txt
For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.57.6-1+deb12u1.
For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.68.3-3+deb13u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your snapd packages.
For the detailed security status of snapd please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/snapd
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
