CVE-2026-59674

LPE from suricata user to root due to chown in %post in suricata packaging

HIGH

7.1

CVSS Score

Published: July 14, 2026 at 07:32 AM UTC

Updated: October 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendoropenSUSE Tumbleweed

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Severity

HIGH7.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

openSUSE Tumbleweed · SUSE

90%

? ≤ v < 8.0.5-2.1?

Affected range stops below 8.0.5-2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-59674

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.1HIGHsuse

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-61

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