CVE-2021-31998

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 25 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.32% (25th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of inn of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3; openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2, openSUSE Leap 15.2 allows local attackers to escalate their privileges from the news user to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 inn version inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2. openSUSE Leap 15.2 inn versions prior to 2.6.2.

cvss

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

7.8

010

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)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USCWE-276US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3≤ inn ≤inn-2.4.2-170.21.3.1enisa_euvdEU
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP2inn → 2.6.2enisa_euvdEU
openSUSE Leap 15.2inn → 2.6.2enisa_euvdEU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo≤ 11-SP3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo≤ 11-SP4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale≤ 11 SP3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. Suse Linux Enterprise Server≤ 11 SP4-LTSSfstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. inn≤ 2.6.2-bp152.2.8.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. inn≤ 2.4.2-170.21.3.6.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. inn≤ 2.6.2-lp152.2.6.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE Backports≤ SLE-15-SP2fstec_bduRU
opensuse inn≤ 2.4.2-170.21.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:opensuse:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse inn< 2.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:opensuse:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-06-10modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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