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CVE-2026-59674

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-14 08:16:22.963000
Last modified
2026-10-24 22:10:00.210000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-59674",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-14T08:16:22.963",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T22:10:00.210",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed suricata package allows the suricata user to escalate to root.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 8.0.5-2.1; openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 8.0.5-2.1."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de seguimiento de enlace simbólico (Symlink) de UNIX en el paquete suricata de openSUSE Tumbleweed permite al usuario suricata escalar a root.\n\nEste problema afecta a openSUSE Tumbleweed: desde ? antes de 8.0.5-2.1; openSUSE Tumbleweed: desde ? antes de 8.0.5-2.1."
    }
  ],
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          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "Safety": "NEGLIGIBLE",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}