Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability in libzypp Affects openSUSE
CVE-2026-44941

8.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Suse
Status
Libzypp
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 July 2026

What is CVE-2026-44941?

A vulnerability in the libzypp package manager allows attackers to perform a relative path traversal via the 'keyhint' option within repomd.xml parsing. This can occur if an attacker successfully supplies a malicious repository, enabling them to inject or overwrite critical files on the target system with root privileges. Users running versions prior to 17.38.12 of libzypp are particularly at risk, making it essential to apply available patches promptly.

Affected Version(s)

libzypp 0 < 17.38.12

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426
issue-tracking
https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d08...
patch

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Trung Nguyen <trungnh@cystack.net>
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