CVE-2019-3691: Opensuse Munge

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 (fixed in 0.5.13-4.3.1); before 0.5.13-6.1 (fixed in 0.5.13-6.1)

Published 2020-01-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.