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CVE-2019-3691: Local privilege escalation from user munge to root

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

A Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of munge in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allowed local attackers to escalate privileges from user munge to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 munge versions prior to 0.5.13-4.3.1. openSUSE Factory munge versions prior to 0.5.13-6.1.

Affected products

• openSUSE Munge: before 0.5.13-4.3.1; before 0.5.13-6.1 — fixed in 0.5.13-4.3.1, 0.5.13-6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openSUSE Munge 0.5.13-4.3.1, 0.5.13-6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155075
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155075

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