CVE-2026-44942

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
35%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 18, 2026

Last Modified

June 22, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-44942 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures | SUSE

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44942.html
generic

1267874 – (CVE-2026-44942) VUL-0: CVE-2026-44942: libzypp: .repo files can have an optional path which can lead to path traversal attacks

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267874

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44942(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libzypp17.25.7-1 ... 17.38.9-1 (76 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libzypp17.25.7-2.4 ... 17.38.9-1 (71 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libzypp17.36.7-1 ... 17.38.9-1 (18 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libzypp17.36.7-1 ... 17.38.9-1 (15 versions)17.38.13-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 169 total refreshes for this CVE.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44942?
CVE-2026-44942 is a medium vulnerability published on June 18, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-44942 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44942 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 18, 2026, with the most recent update on June 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44942 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44942 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 64.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44942?
CVE-2026-44942 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44942?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44942, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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