Handcrafted repo metadata may cause arbitrary local files to be overwritten by libzypp

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-25707
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersuse
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-06-29 10:16:30 UTC
Updated2026-06-30 20:28:21 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.006000000 probability, percentile 0.443270000 (date 2026-07-01)

Problem Types: CWE-23 | CWE-23 CWE-23 Relative path traversal

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Libzypp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SUSE Libzypp affected 17.38.10 rpm Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking
github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/commit/f09feda7fca03c941218aab0bb161cc82b185b6b [email protected] github.com Patch
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Michael Andres of SUSE (en)

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