CVE-2022-21944

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the systemd service file for watchman of openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3, Factory allows local attackers to escalate to root. This issue affects: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 watchman versions prior to 4.9.0. openSUSE Factory watchman versions prior to 4.9.0-9.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
openSUSE	openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3	>= watchman, < 4.9.0
openSUSE	Factory	>= watchman, < 4.9.0-9.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194470Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 26, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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