openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself
Priority HIGH 69CWE-426Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.
Summary
A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00349 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Factory (openSUSE): 2.6.3-404.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Factory (openSUSE) Fixed in 2.6.3-404.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31253
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxf4-pc5p-7f5c
References
More openSUSE Openldap2 vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06493 Local privilege escalation from ldap to root when using OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND=ldap in openldap2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-06497 openldap uses fixed paths in /tmp CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-31253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-31253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hxf4-pc5p-7f5c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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