CVE-2026-44941

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
SUSElibzypp0 < 17.38.12affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-23: CWE-23 Relative path traversal

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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