High8.8Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-59674] Privilege escalation via symbolic link following

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-59674.

CVE-2026-59674 Published Jul 14, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 14, 2026

CVE-2026-59674

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Summary

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed suricata package allows the suricata user to escalate to root. This issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from? before 8.0.5-2.1; openSUSE Tumbleweed: from? before 8.0.5-2.1.

A flaw was found in suricata. This vulnerability, related to improper handling of symbolic links, allows a local `suricata` user to escalate their privileges to root.

By exploiting this, an attacker could gain full control over the affected system. Red Hat's Suricata packages, built and maintained independently through Fedora and EPEL, do not contain this vulnerable packaging script and are not affected by this specific CVE.

Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-59.

Affected versions

< 8.0.5-2

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

No mitigation is necessary for Red Hat's Suricata packages, as they do not contain the vulnerable packaging script described in this CVE. Refer to the upstream openSUSE advisory for guidance on affected openSUSE Tumbleweed systems (fixed in suricata 8.0.5-2.1).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 6 days ago·verify at source

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