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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2022-31250 json

keylime %post scriplet allows for privilege escalation from keylime user to root

published 2022-07-20 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-52827

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in keylime of openSUSE Tumbleweed allows local attackers to escalate from the keylime user to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Tumbleweed keylime versions prior to 6.4.2-1.1.

Patch / fix

  • openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.4.2-1.1
  • keylime SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 6.3.2-150400.4.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2658-1

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1200885 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

Affected products

  • openSUSE Tumbleweed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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