CVE-2021-31997 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-postorius of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from users postorius or postorius-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-postorius version 1.3.2-lp152.1.2 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-postorius version 1.3.4-2.1 and prior versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Opensuse	Factory Leap Python-postorius

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:python-postorius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:python-postorius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:factory:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182407

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00126}`	epss `{'score': 0.00129}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

Published: 2021-06-10T11:35:11.799931Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:22:17.307Z

Reserved: 2021-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-31997

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-10T12:15:08.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:06:40.843

Link: CVE-2021-31997

Redhat

No data.

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