High severity · published Jul 2, 2026
CVE-2026-44941
libzypp path traversal via "keyhint" in repomd.xml
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
libzypp · SUSE
before 17.38.12 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44941
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426
Patch
https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04
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