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CVE-2022-31253: openldap2: /usr/lib/openldap/start allows ldap user/group to recursively chown arbitrary directory trees to itself

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-426

Description

A Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in openldap2 of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers with control of the ldap user or group to change ownership of arbitrary directory entries to this user/group, leading to escalation to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Factory openldap2 versions prior to 2.6.3-404.1.

Affected products

• openSUSE Openldap2: before 2.6.3-404.1 — fixed in 2.6.3-404.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openSUSE Openldap2 2.6.3-404.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202931
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202931

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