What is CVE-2026-44941?

CVE-2026-44941 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2026-44941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in openSUSE Libzypp

CVE-2026-44941

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.

Published 2026-07-02 · last modified 2026-07-07.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · 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, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/294b1bad442d089ca671c5c03adc8031e3b29e04 (Patch, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44941?: CVE-2026-44941 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Libzypp, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-44941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.