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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-44941 · published 2 July 2026

CVE-2026-44941: Opensuse libzypp relative path traversal vulnerability

Opensuse · Libzypp

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.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.53% · top 57.2% CWE-23 · Relative path traversal
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.53%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 1 tagged exploit
7 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04 Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-44941), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.