High severity · published Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-59674
LPE from suricata user to root due to chown in %post in suricata packaging
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OT
openSUSE Tumbleweed · SUSE
? before 8.0.5-2.1; ? before 8.0.5-2.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59674
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59674
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-59674
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