CVE-2023-22643

libzypp-plugin-appdata: potential arbitrary code execution via shell injection due to `os.system` calls

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Feb 7, 2023
Updated: Mar 25, 2025
Reserved: Jan 5, 2023

Description

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in libzypp-plugin-appdata of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3; openSUSE Leap 15.4 allows attackers that can trick users to use specially crafted REPO_ALIAS, REPO_TYPE or REPO_METADATA_PATH settings to execute code as root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3 libzypp-plugin-appdata versions prior to 1.0.1+git.20180426. openSUSE Leap 15.4 libzypp-plugin-appdata versions prior to 1.0.1+git.20180426.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	suse

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3SUSE	libzypp-plugin-appdata to before 1.0.1+git.20180426Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4openSUSE	libzypp-plugin-appdata to before 1.0.1+git.20180426Affected

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206836

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