CVE-2019-18897

7.8 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.8). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2020-03-02
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

opensuse:leap
suse:linux_enterprise_server

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465

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