CVE-2022-21944
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
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references (6)
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21944cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Watchman-file-corruption-via-Socket-Unit-37274cnnvd
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21944.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470Issue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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