{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-44941: libzypp path traversal via \"keyhint\" in repomd.xml","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-44941","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-07-02T15:19:05.302Z","current_release_date":"2026-07-02T17:32:53.033Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-07-02T15:19:05.302Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-44941 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-44941"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44941"},{"category":"external","summary":"bugzilla.suse.com","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267426"},{"category":"external","summary":"github.com","url":"https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"SUSE","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"libzypp","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"<17.38.12","product":{"name":"SUSE libzypp <17.38.12","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:suse:libzypp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-44941","title":"libzypp path traversal via \"keyhint\" in repomd.xml","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"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.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"Update to a fixed version: 17.38.12.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"],"url":"https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04"}]}]}