CVE-2026-44942libzypp .repo files can have an optional path which can lead to path traversal attacks

Description

A path traversal in handling the "path" component of .repo files processed by libzypp before 17.38.13 in the 17.x series, or before 16.22.19 could be used by attackers to fill directories on the system outside of the zypp cache with content.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267874 issue-tracking
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44942.html vendor-advisory