CVE-2026-104620: high-severity vulnerability in PackageKit
PackageKit/ZYpp local privilege escalation using InstallFiles(SIMULATE)
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.5epss 0.2%
A path traversal attack in simulation of actions in the Zypp backend of PackageKit before 1.4.1 could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
Affected products
PackageKit · PackageKitRelated CVEs — PackageKit
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