A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed suricata package allows the suricata user to escalate to root.






This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 8.0.5-2.1; openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 8.0.5-2.1.

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Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Suse
Suse opensuse Tumbleweed
Vendors & Products Suse
Suse opensuse Tumbleweed

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Description A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed suricata package allows the suricata user to escalate to root. This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 8.0.5-2.1; openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 8.0.5-2.1.
Title LPE from suricata user to root due to chown in %post in suricata packaging
Weaknesses CWE-61
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/S:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: suse

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Updated: 2026-07-14T07:32:35.363Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T11:59:28.118Z

Link: CVE-2026-59674

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Updated: 2026-07-14T08:30:05Z

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