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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2026-44942 json

libzypp .repo files can have an optional path which can lead to path traversal attacks

published 2026-06-18 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-26 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-37871

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A path traversal in handling the "path" component of .repo files processed by libzypp before 17.38.13 in the 17.x series, or before 16.22.19 could be used by attackers to fill directories on the system outside of the zypp cache with content.

Patch / fix

  • SUSE libzypp 16.22.19, 17.38.13
  • libzypp Debian 14 17.38.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44942

  • zypper SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 +2 more 1.14.98-150400.3.104.1
  • libsolv SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 +3 more 0.7.39-150400.3.46.1
  • libzypp SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 +3 more 17.38.13-150400.3.158.1
  • libsolv SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Installer Updates 15 SP6 0.7.39-150600.8.24.1
  • libzypp SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Installer Updates 15 SP6 17.38.13-150600.3.92.1
  • zypper SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 1.14.98-150500.6.45.1
  • libsolv SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +3 more 0.7.39-150500.6.17.1
  • libzypp SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +3 more 17.38.13-150500.6.74.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2674-1SUSE-SU-2026:2628-1SUSE-SU-2026:2590-1SUSE-SU-2026:2575-1SUSE-SU-2026:2531-1SUSE-SU-2026:22172-1

  • libsolv openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.7.39-160000.1.1
  • zypper openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.14.98-160000.1.1
  • libzypp openSUSE Leap 16.0 17.38.13-160000.1.1
  • libzypp openSUSE Tumbleweed 17.38.13-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21096-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10984-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-44942 updated cvss 6.5

libzypp: libzypp: Denial of Service via path traversal in .repo file handling

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • SUSE libzypp

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-24 Path Traversal: '../filedir'

References

Sources

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