CVE-2021-25322
python-HyperKitty: hyperkitty-permissions.sh used during %post allows local privilege escalation from hyperkitty user to root
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
python-HyperKitty: hyperkitty-permissions.sh used during %post allows local privilege escalation from hyperkitty user to root
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
- Record
CVE-2021-25322- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-61
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12219
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
- Record
EUVD-2021-12219- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9p78-xgfp-85mw
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2...
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
- Record
GHSA-9p78-xgfp-85mw- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-61
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
- Record
CVE-2021-25322- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-61
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-25322
A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in python-HyperKitty of openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from the user hyperkitty or hyperkitty-admin to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-HyperKitty version 1.3.2-lp152.2.3.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory python-HyperKitty versions prior to 1.3.4-5.1.
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UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25322- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11207-1 No score
HyperKitty-web-1.3.4-5.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the HyperKitty-web-1.3.4-5.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11207-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
hyperkittyUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.1.4-21.1.4-31.1.4-4 |
None known |
hyperkittyUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.2-11.3.0-1ubuntu11.3.0-1.1ubuntu11.3.2-1 |
None known |
hyperkittyUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.4-41.3.5-1+really1.3.4-1 |
None known |
hyperkittyUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.7-1ubuntu2 |
None known |
hyperkittyUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.12-21.3.12-31.3.12-3ubuntu1 |
None known |
hyperkittyUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.12-3ubuntu11.3.12-7 |
None known |
hyperkittyUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.12-3ubuntu1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25322 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Opensuse Factory, published June 10, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.