CVE-2026-41046 PUBLISHED

path traversal via `config` parameter in qSnapper

Assigner: suse
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 22.06.2026 Updated: 22.06.2026

A path traversal attack when using a "configName" parameter in qSnapper before version 1.3.3 allowed a local attacker to use malicious config files for snapper and so cause a denial of service or potentially escalate privileges to root.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.3

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

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	presire
Product	qSnapper
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.3.3 (excl.)

Credits

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE finder

References

https://security.opensuse.org/2026/05/26/qsnapper-dbus-issues.html#issue-path-traversal
https://github.com/presire/qSnapper/releases/tag/v1.3.3
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261889

Problem Types

CWE-23 Relative path traversal CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-17 Using Malicious Files