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CVE-2026-44941 (GCVE-0-2026-44941)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-02 15:19 – Updated: 2026-07-07 13:14
VLAI
Title
libzypp path traversal via "keyhint" in repomd.xml
Summary
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.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-03 03:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative path traversal
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SUSE libzypp Affected: 0 , < 17.38.12 (rpm)
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Date Public
2026-06-05 15:15
Credits
Trung Nguyen <trungnh@cystack.net>
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