CVE-2022-31256: Opensuse Factory

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in a script called by the sendmail systemd service of openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate from user mail to root. This issue affects: SUSE openSUSE Factory sendmail versions prior to 8.17.1-1.1.

Affected products

• Opensuse Factory: before 8.17.1-1.1 (fixed in 8.17.1-1.1)

Published 2022-10-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.