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high 7.7

CVE-2019-3691 json

Local privilege escalation from user munge to root

published 2020-01-23 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-13326

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges from user munge to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 munge versions prior to 0.5.13-4.3.1. openSUSE Factory munge versions prior to 0.5.13-6.1.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 0.5.13-4.3.1
  • openSUSE Factory 0.5.13-6.1
  • munge SLE Module for HPC 12 0.5.14-3.6.1
  • munge SLE Module for HPC 15 SP1, SLE Module for HPC 15 0.5.13-4.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1144-1SUSE-SU-2019:3190-1

  • munge openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.5.14-2.6
  • munge openSUSE Leap 15.1 0.5.13-lp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11066-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2670-1

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155075 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • openSUSE Factory

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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