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SUSE CVE-2026-31979

🗓️ 12 Mar 2026 14:03:15Reported by Suse CVEType 
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Himmelblau daemon runs as root and writes Kerberos cache in /tmp without symlink protection, enabling local privilege escalation; fixed in versions 3.1.0 and 2.3.8.

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Akamai Blog		CVE-2026-31979: The Symlink Trap — Root Privilege Escalation in Himmelblau
20 Mar 202613:00
–akamaiblog
ATTACKERKB		CVE-2026-31979
11 Mar 202619:47
–attackerkb
Circl		CVE-2026-31979
11 Mar 202619:16
–circl
CNNVD		Himmelblau 后置链接漏洞
11 Mar 202600:00
–cnnvd
CVE		CVE-2026-31979
11 Mar 202619:47
–cve
Cvelist		CVE-2026-31979 himmelblaud-tasks: local privilege escalation via /tmp symlink attack on Kerberos ccache
11 Mar 202619:47
–cvelist
EUVD		EUVD-2026-11332
11 Mar 202619:47
–euvd
NVD		CVE-2026-31979
11 Mar 202620:16
–nvd
OPENSUSE Linux		himmelblau-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1 on GA media (moderate)
14 Mar 202600:00
–opensuse
OSV		CVE-2026-31979 himmelblaud-tasks: local privilege escalation via /tmp symlink attack on Kerberos ccache
11 Mar 202619:47
–osv
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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed–anyhimmelblau2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1himmelblau-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1.noarch.rpm
OpenSUSE Leap16.0anyhimmelblau2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1himmelblau-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1.noarch.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server16.0anyhimmelblau2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1himmelblau-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1.noarch.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications16.0anyhimmelblau2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1himmelblau-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1.noarch.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop15.7anyhimmelblau2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1himmelblau-2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1.noarch.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server15.7anyhimmelblau2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1himmelblau-2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1.noarch.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications15.7anyhimmelblau2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1himmelblau-2.3.9+git0.a9fd29b-150700.3.15.1.noarch.rpm
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed–anyhimmelblau-qr-greeter2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1himmelblau-qr-greeter-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-1.1.noarch.rpm
OpenSUSE Leap16.0anyhimmelblau-qr-greeter2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1himmelblau-qr-greeter-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1.noarch.rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server16.0anyhimmelblau-qr-greeter2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1himmelblau-qr-greeter-2.3.8+git0.dec3693-160000.1.1.noarch.rpm
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16 Apr 2026 09:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00196
himmelblau daemonkerberos cachetemporary /tmpsymlink attacklocal privilege escalationroot privileges
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