CVE-2026-44941

A relative path traversal in the "keyhint" option in repomd.xml parsing of libzypp before 17.38.12 can be used by attackers able to supply a malicious repository to inject or overwrite files in the target system as root.

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libzypp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-02 16:16

Updated : 2026-07-07 17:27

NVD link : CVE-2026-44941

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44941

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44941

JSON object : View

Products Affected

opensuse

libzypp

CWE

CWE-23

Relative Path Traversal

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