CVE-2026-44941
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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ssvc
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affected products (49)
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also known as (4)
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references (7)
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- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426cnnvd
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04cnnvd
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/tagsPatchcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04Patchnvd
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