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GHSA-M2F8-W9Q8-GVJ5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-18 15:32 – Updated: 2026-06-18 15:32

Details

A path traversal in handling the "path" component of .repo files processed by libzypp before 17.38.13 in the 17.x series, or before 16.22.19 could be used by attackers to fill directories on the system outside of the zypp cache with content.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-44942 (GCVE-0-2026-44942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 09:57 – Updated: 2026-06-18 12:09

Title

libzypp .repo files can have an optional path which can lead to path traversal attacks

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-24 - Path traversal: '../filedir'

Assigner

suse

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267874	issue-tracking
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44942.html	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
SUSE	libzypp	Affected: 17.0.0 , < 17.38.13 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 16.22.19 (semver)

Credits

Michael Andres

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-M2F8-W9Q8-GVJ5

CVE-2026-44942 (GCVE-0-2026-44942)

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