keylime %post scriplet allows for privilege escalation from keylime user to root
Priority LOW 34CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in keylime of openSUSE Tumbleweed allows local attackers to escalate from the keylime user to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Tumbleweed keylime versions prior to 6.4.2-1.1.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00322 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Tumbleweed (openSUSE): 6.4.2-1.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Tumbleweed (openSUSE) Fixed in 6.4.2-1.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31250
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-frfj-3v3x-pvwx
References
More openSUSE Tumbleweed vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-02923 Access control flaw in ProFTPD mod_copy allows arbitrary file access KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2023-15485 Incorrect default permissions in openSUSE Tumbleweed CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-39025 Local DoS in OpenSMTPD via UNIX domain socket smtpd.sock CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2020-06496 inn: non-root owned files CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2022-31250 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-31250 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-frfj-3v3x-pvwx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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