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CVE-2017-14178

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.76% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-02-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2017-14178
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.76%

Original NVD 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.