UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44941
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941
Upstream
Published
2026-07-02T16:16:00Z
Modified
2026-07-09T17:16:00Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

15.*
15.3.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "15.3.0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

17.*
17.7.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "17.7.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.7.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.7.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1702",
            "binary_version": "17.7.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

17.*
17.25.7-2
17.25.7-2ubuntu1
17.25.7-2.1
17.25.7-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "17.25.7-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.25.7-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.25.7-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1722",
            "binary_version": "17.25.7-2.1ubuntu0.22.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

17.*
17.31.20-1build1
17.31.23-1
17.31.25-1
17.31.27-1
17.31.28-1
17.31.29-1
17.31.31-1
17.31.31-1build3
17.31.31-1build4
17.31.31-1build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "17.31.31-1build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.31.31-1build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.31.31-1build5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1722",
            "binary_version": "17.31.31-1build5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

17.*
17.36.5-1
17.36.7-1
17.36.7-1build1
17.36.7-1build4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "17.36.7-1build4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.36.7-1build4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.36.7-1build4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1735",
            "binary_version": "17.36.7-1build4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
libzypp

Package

Name
libzypp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzypp?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

17.*
17.36.7-1build4
17.37.17-1
17.37.18-1
17.38.1-1
17.38.2-1
17.38.2-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-bin",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-common",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp-config",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libzypp1735",
            "binary_version": "17.38.2-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44941.json"