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CVE-2019-18898

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the trousers package of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers escalate privileges from user tss to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-6.3.1. openSUSE Factory trousers versions prior to 0.3.14-7.1.

  • Published: Jan 23, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2019-18898
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
suse / trousers - 0.3.14-6.3.1
suse / trousers - 0.3.14-7.1
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x