What is CVE-2022-31250?

CVE-2022-31250 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-31250?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed

CVE-2022-31250

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in keylime of openSUSE Tumbleweed allows local attackers to escalate from the keylime user to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Tumbleweed keylime versions prior to 6.4.2-1.1.

Published 2022-07-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Tumbleweed — versions keylime

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31250?: CVE-2022-31250 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-31250?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.