CVE-2026-44933 PUBLISHED

Path Traversal in Plugin Loading in libzypp

Assigner: suse
Reserved: 08.05.2026 Published: 20.05.2026 Updated: 20.05.2026

PluginScript attempts to chroot the plugin to the repoManagerRoot, this root is frequently / (the system root) in standard configurations or when using --root. If the chroot target is /, it is a no-op, allowing the traversed path to execute host binaries (like /bin/bash) with root privileges.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

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

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	SUSE
Product	SUSE Linux Enterprise
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 17.38.8 to 17.38.9 (excl.)

Vendor	SUSE
Product	openSUSE
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 17.38.8 to 17.38.9 (excl.)

Credits

Dirk Mueller of SUSE finder

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-44933

Problem Types

CWE-35 Path traversal: '.../...//' CWE