CVE catalog

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.

[CVE catalog]

Severity: Medium · CVSS 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published: Oct 2, 2025, 2:15:45 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 12, 2026, 3:10:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.17% · Oct 25, 2026

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	exim4	sid	`4.100.1-4`	not affected
Debian	exim4	forky	`4.100.1-4`	not affected
Debian	exim4	trixie	`4.98.2-1+deb13u4`	not affected
Debian	exim4	trixie-security	`4.98.2-1+deb13u5`	not affected
Debian	exim4	bookworm	`4.96-15+deb12u10`	not affected
Debian	exim4	bookworm-security	`4.96-15+deb12u10`	not affected
Opensuse	exim	leap 16.0	`4.98.2-bp160.2.1`	fixed
Opensuse	exim	tumbleweed	`4.98.2-4.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	exim4	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	exim4	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	exim4	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	exim4	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Opensuse	exim	rpm	leap 16.0	`4.98.2-bp160.2.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20155-1	Not reported
Opensuse	exim	rpm	tumbleweed	`4.98.2-4.1`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15626-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[eximon]Unknown
Source package: [exim]
Details (1)
- 4.98.2-4.6 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 4.98.2-4.1
  Version impact unknown
  nvd · exim · opensuse · tumbleweed
[eximstats-html]Unknown
Source package: [exim]
Details (1)
- 4.98.2-4.6 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 4.98.2-4.1
  Version impact unknown
  nvd · exim · opensuse · tumbleweed
[exim]Fixed
Source package: [exim]
Details (1)
- 4.98.2-4.6 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 4.98.2-4.1
  nvd · exim · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[exim4]Not affected
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
[exim4-base]Not affected
Source package: [exim4]
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
[exim4-config]Not affected
Source package: [exim4]
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
[exim4-daemon-heavy]Not affected
Source package: [exim4]
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
[exim4-daemon-light]Not affected
Source package: [exim4]
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
[exim4-dev]Not affected
Source package: [exim4]
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
[eximon4]Not affected
Source package: [exim4]
Details (6)
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.98.2-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm
- 4.96-15+deb12u10 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  nvd · exim4 · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 27, 2026, 11:36:06 AM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]