CVE-2023-1277: Ubuntukylin Kylin-System-Updater

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in kylin-system-updater up to 1.4.20kord on Ubuntu Kylin. Affected is the function InstallSnap of the component Update Handler. The manipulation leads to command injection. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222600.

Affected products

• Ubuntukylin Kylin-System-Updater: up to and including 1.4.20kord

Published 2023-03-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.