What is CVE-2026-25707?

CVE-2026-25707 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-25707?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in openSUSE Libzypp

CVE-2026-25707

A relative path traversal bug problem when processing repository metadata in libzypp before 17.38.10 could be used by remote attackers supplying repositories to overwrite files on the system, leading to denial of service or privilege escalation.

Published 2026-06-29 · last modified 2026-06-30.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Libzypp
SUSE Libzypp — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking)
github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/f09feda7fca03c941218aab0bb161cc82b185b6b (Patch, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-25707?: CVE-2026-25707 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-25707?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.