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CVE-2017-5188: OBS worker VM escape via relative symbolic links

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The bs_worker code in open build service before 20170320 followed relative symlinks, allowing reading of files outside of the package source directory during build, allowing leakage of private information.

Affected products

• openSUSE Open Build Service: through 2.7.3

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029824
• https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/ba27c91351878bc297ec4baba0bd488a2f3b568d
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-5188/
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029824
• https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/ba27c91351878bc297ec4baba0bd488a2f3b568d
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-5188/

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