| Name | CVE-2026-44941 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libzypp (PTS) | bullseye | 17.25.7-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 17.25.7-2.4 | fixed |
| trixie | 17.36.7-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 17.38.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libzypp | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| libzypp | source | bookworm | (not affected) | | | |
| libzypp | source | (unstable) | 17.38.12-1 | | | |
Notes
[trixie] - libzypp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - libzypp <not-affected> (keyhint support introduced in 17.26.0; absent in 17.25.7)
[bullseye] - libzypp <not-affected> (keyhint support introduced in 17.26.0; absent in 17.25.7)
Fixed by: https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04 (17.38.12)
Introduced with: https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/beb0e764a86e7effc13cde04ff3db652c5c758a4 (17.26.0)