CVE-2026-44933

Path Traversal in Plugin Loading in libzypp

State: Published
Severity: 8.5 High
Published: May 20, 2026
Updated: May 21, 2026
Reserved: May 8, 2026

Description

`PluginScript` attempts to `chroot` the plugin to the `repoManagerRoot`, this root is frequently `/` (the system root) in standard configurations or when using `--root`. If the chroot target is `/`, it is a no-op, allowing the traversed path to execute host binaries (like `/bin/bash`) with root privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.5 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	suse
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	suse

Weaknesses

CWE-35 Path traversal: '.../...//'

Affected Products

Product	Versions
SUSE Linux EnterpriseSUSE	17.38.8 to before 17.38.9Affected
openSUSESUSE	17.38.8 to before 17.38.9Affected

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44933

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