CVE-2025-53881

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-61 CWE-61

References

Other References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-53881

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-53881? +

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in logrotate config in the exim package allowed privilege escalation from mail user/group to root.This issue affects Tumbleweed: from ? before 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-53881? +

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