CVE-2022-31256

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in opensuse factory. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions prior to 8.17.1-1.1.

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: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 16% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-59
Published: 2022-10-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

opensuse:factory

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204696
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204696

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