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CVE-2026-44941

40
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Jul 2, 2026Last modified: Jul 2, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.38.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:libzypp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04
Patch