CVE-2026-44941 | A relative path traversal in the "keyhint" option in repomd.… | CVSS 8.4 HIGH

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-44941
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: suse
Reserved: 2026-05-08 12:29 UTC
Published: 2026-07-02 15:19 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-02 17:32 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-23
CWE-23 Relative path traversal
Vendor / Product: SUSE / libzypp
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.4 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
SUSE	libzypp	—	0 < 17.38.12

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-23	cna	CWE-23 Relative path traversal

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.4	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)