---
id: CVE-2025-53881
title: >-
  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.
summary: >-
  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.
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-61
published: '2025-10-02'
updated: '2026-10-12'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-12T15:10:00.207'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53881'
references:
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-53881'
    label: meissner@suse.de
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00168
epssPercentile: 0.05556
ingestedAt: '2026-10-12T15:55:08.079Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.