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CVE-2026-44941

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-02 16:16:30.550000
Last modified
2026-10-25 21:10:00.770000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-44941",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-07-02T16:16:30.550",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-25T21:10:00.770",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Un salto de ruta relativo en la opción ’keyhint’ en el análisis de repomd.xml de libzypp anterior a la versión 17.38.12 puede ser utilizado por atacantes capaces de proporcionar un repositorio malicioso para inyectar o sobrescribir archivos en el sistema objetivo como root."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        {
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          "product": "libzypp",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "libzypp",
          "repo": "https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "0",
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              "versionType": "rpm",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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  "weaknesses": [
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      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426",
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        "Third Party Advisory"
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04",
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