CVE-2026-44941

libzypp path traversal via "keyhint" in repomd.xml

State: Published
Severity: 8.4 High
Published: Jul 2, 2026
Updated: Jul 7, 2026
Reserved: May 8, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	suse

Weaknesses

CWE-23 Relative path traversal

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libzyppSUSE	before 17.38.12Affected

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426issue-tracking
https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04patch

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