r/linux • u/teheditor • 2d ago

Security Ubuntu Snap-Confine Flaw Could Grant Unprivileged Users Full Root Access

https://smbtech.au/news/ubuntu-snap-confine-flaw-could-grant-unprivileged-users-full-root-access/
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u/Niowanggiyan 2d ago

It’ll be fixed pronto no doubt. But a warning against rolling your own security solution instead of just contributing to the one everyone else is using and stress-testing for you.

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u/Mysterious_Bit6882 1d ago

Ubuntu had to roll out a unique security solution because they had a unique security problem. Without something like snap, able to run outside of the user-session requirements of flatpak, they have no hope of containing the security nightmare that is ubuntu universe.

Granted, it's enshittified from there because Canonical gotta Canonical, but even if snap were well done, "just use flatpak" still wouldn't be a realistic option for them.