Bug 2490281 (CVE-2026-44942) - CVE-2026-44942 libzypp: libzypp: Denial of Service via path traversal in .repo file handling
Summary: CVE-2026-44942 libzypp: libzypp: Denial of Service via path traversal in .rep...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-44942
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2490532
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Reported: 2026-06-18 11:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-18 18:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-18 11:01:14 UTC 
A path traversal in handling the "path" component of .repo files processed by libzypp before 17.38.13 in the 17.x series, or before 16.22.19 could be used by attackers to fill directories on the system outside of the zypp cache with content.
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