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hyperkitty — security advisory
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.
- Products
- hyperkitty
- Affected versions
- 1.1.4-2, 1.1.4-3, 1.1.4-4, 1.2.2-1, 1.3.0-1.1ubuntu1, 1.3.0-1ubuntu1, 1.3.12-2, 1.3.12-3, 1.3.12-3ubuntu1, 1.3.12-7, 1.3.2-1, 1.3.4-4, 1.3.5-1+really1.3.4-1, 1.3.7-1ubuntu2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-25322
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25322
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Complete source record
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