CVE-2021-31997

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-31997 · Published 10/06/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-31997 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting python-postorius (opensuse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.34%, higher than 27.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.3.2-lp152.1.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
python-postorius opensuse	`≤ 1.3.4-2.1< 1.3.2-lp152.1.2`	`1.3.2-lp152.1.2`

Description

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.

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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