What is CVE-2018-7685?

CVE-2018-7685 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp, classified under CWE-358. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-7685?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp

CVE-2018-7685

The decoupled download and installation steps in libzypp before 17.5.0 could lead to a corrupted RPM being left in the cache, where a later call would not display the corrupted RPM warning and allow installation, a problem caused by malicious warnings only displayed during download.

Published 2018-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Libzypp
SUSE Libzypp — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7685?: CVE-2018-7685 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp, classified under CWE-358. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-7685?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.