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libzypp — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libzypp
- Affected versions
- 15.3.0-1build1, 17.25.7-2, 17.25.7-2.1, 17.25.7-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1, 17.25.7-2ubuntu1, 17.31.20-1build1, 17.31.23-1, 17.31.25-1, 17.31.27-1, 17.31.28-1, 17.31.29-1, 17.31.31-1, 17.31.31-1build3, 17.31.31-1build4, 17.31.31-1build5, 17.36.5-1, 17.36.7-1, 17.36.7-1build1, 17.36.7-1build4, 17.37.17-1, 17.37.18-1, 17.38.1-1, 17.38.11-1, 17.38.12-1, 17.38.13-1, 17.38.14-1, 17.38.14-1build2, 17.38.15-1, 17.38.2-1, 17.38.2-1build1, 17.38.9-1, 17.7.0-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-44941
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941
libzypp
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libzypp
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libzypp
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libzypp
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libzypp
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Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:22.020902431Z",
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