ubuntu-cve-2026-44941
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-07-02 16:16
Modified
2026-07-09 15:19
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "libzypp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp@15.3.0-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
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      ]
    },
    {
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          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1702",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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      },
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    },
    {
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          },
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            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
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          },
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        "17.31.31-1build4",
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            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.36.7-1build4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.36.7-1build4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1735",
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      },
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        "17.36.7-1build1",
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1735",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "libzypp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp@17.38.2-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            }
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        }
      ],
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        "17.38.1-1",
        "17.38.2-1",
        "17.38.2-1build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941",
  "modified": "2026-07-09T15:19:07Z",
  "published": "2026-07-02T16:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44941"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44941"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-44941"
  ]
}



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