CVE-2021-31997

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.34% (27th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
9 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-postorius of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate from users postorius or postorius-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-postorius version 1.3.2-lp152.1.2 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-postorius version 1.3.4-2.1 and prior versions.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.16.8mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:Nsecondary · meissner@suse.deexploitability 2.5 · impact 4.2
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USCWE-61US
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affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-06-10modified 2026-06-17
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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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