High severity · published Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-15226
snapd snap-confine Sandbox Confinement Bypass via Omission of setuid Restriction in Seccomp Templates
8.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
U1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS · Canonical
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
U1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS · Canonical
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
U2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS · Canonical
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
U2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS · Canonical
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
U2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS · Canonical
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
U2
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS · Canonical
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
U1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Canonical
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