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Vulnerability · 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 Tumblewe

Published Oct 2, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 2, 2025 · Tumbleweed

Last checked Oct 25, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53881. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Tumbleweed is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.17%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor opensuse Tumbleweed ? <4.98.2-lp156.248.1

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 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor opensuse Tumbleweed ? <4.98.2-lp156.248.1? <4.98.2-lp156.248.1

How to fix CVE-2025-53881

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53881. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Tumbleweed is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with opensuse Tumbleweed ? <4.98.2-lp156.248.1 ? <4.98.2-lp156.248.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-53881

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-53881

    30-day exploitation probability 0.17%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-32655

    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 4.98.2-lp156.248.1.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 25, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 23, 2026