openSUSE Tumbleweed — storeBackup — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read • Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0119-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-7040 Upstream summary: storeBackup.pl in storeBackup through 3.5 relies on the /tmp/storeBackup.lock pathname, which allows symlink attacks that possibly lead to privilege escalation. (Local users […]