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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-44942

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
suse

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

SUSE libzypp

Default version status: unaffected

  • 17.0.0 to < 17.38.13affected
  • 0 to < 16.22.19affected

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