Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-31256

High

Published: 26 October 2022

Published
26 October 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0013 31.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-31256 is a high-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Opensuse Factory. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 31.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions…

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prior to 8.17.1-1.1.

CWE(s)
CWE-59

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

opensuse
factory
≤ 8.17.1-1.1

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References