CVE-2026-44941
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-44941
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/libzypp—no fix listed
Is CVE-2026-44941 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |