CVE-2026-44942 (GCVE-0-2026-44942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 09:57 – Updated: 2026-06-18 12:09
VLAI
Title
libzypp .repo files can have an optional path which can lead to path traversal attacks
Summary
A path traversal in handling the "path" component of .repo files processed by libzypp before 17.38.13 in the 17.x series, or before 16.22.19 could be used by attackers to fill directories on the system outside of the zypp cache with content.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-24 - Path traversal: '../filedir'
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SUSE libzypp Affected: 17.0.0 , < 17.38.13 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 16.22.19 (semver)
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Credits
Michael Andres
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