CVE-2026-59674
Received
Received - Intake
Symlink Following in openSUSE Tumbleweed Suricata Package
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-59674, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-07-14
Last updated on: 2026-07-14
Assigner: SUSE
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| suse | suricata | From 8.0.5-2.1 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-61 | The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. |
