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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426
Scores
CVSS v3
8.4
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
41.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-23
Status
published
Products (2)
opensuse/libzypp
< 17.38.12
SUSE/libzypp
< 17.38.12
Published
Jul 02, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 02, 2026