CVE-2021-31997 is a UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability affecting python-postorius in openSUSE Leap 15.2 and Factory, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges from postorius or postorius-admin users to root. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.2-lp152.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:python-postorius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.3.4-2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:python-postorius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.