CVE-2026-44942
mediumCVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Vulnerability Report
Generated by CyberWatcher
Description
A flaw was found in libzypp. This path traversal vulnerability, present in the handling of the "path" component within .repo files, could allow attackers to write content to directories outside of the intended zypp cache. This unauthorized writing of data can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by filling up disk space on the system.