Symlink Attack Affecting yrutschle/sslh package, versions [,2.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-YRUTSCHLESSLH-11173057
  • published29 Jul 2025
  • disclosed23 Jun 2025
  • creditPhuc-Thanh Nguyen

Introduced: 23 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-52936  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade yrutschle/sslh to version 2.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the process that handles symbolic link resolution before file access. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to files by creating malicious symbolic links that are improperly resolved.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1