CVE-2026-25707: high-severity vulnerability in SUSE libzypp
Handcrafted repo metadata may cause arbitrary local files to be overwritten by libzypp
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 51% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A relative path traversal bug problem when processing repository metadata in libzypp before 17.38.10 could be used by remote attackers supplying repositories to overwrite files on the system, leading to denial of service or privilege escalation.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
SUSE · libzyppRelated CVEs — SUSE libzypp
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2017-9269HIGHlack of keypinning in libzypp could lead to repository switchingEPSS 2.2%CVE-2017-7436HIGHlibzypp accepts unsigned packages even when configured to check signaturesEPSS 1.8%CVE-2017-7435HIGHlibzypp accepts unsigned 3rd party repo without warningEPSS 1.8%CVE-2026-44941HIGHlibzypp path traversal via "keyhint" in repomd.xmlEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-44942MEDIUMlibzypp .repo files can have an optional path which can lead to path traversal attacksEPSS 0.4%CVE-2018-7685HIGHlibzypp does not reevaluate malicious rpms once downloadedEPSS 0.3%