What is CVE-2022-31251?

CVE-2022-31251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Factory, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-31251?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Factory

CVE-2022-31251

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of the slurm testsuite of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control over the slurm user to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory slurm versions prior to 22.05.2-3.3.

Published 2022-09-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Factory
SUSE openSUSE Factory — versions slurm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31251?: CVE-2022-31251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Factory, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-31251?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.