VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-44941

CVSS score8.4 HIGH
EPSS probability0.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-02
Last modified2026-10-25
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • meissner@suse.de: CWE-23

Primary references