CVE-2026-44942

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH 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
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 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(high)
EPSS
24.8%
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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 60× 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.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 10:01 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-06 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  6. 2026-07-05 10:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-07-04 10:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-03 11:11 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-03 11:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  14. 2026-07-02 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-07-01 11:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-30 11:25 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-06-30 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-06-29 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-29 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-28 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-06-28 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-06-27 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-06-27 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-26 12:58 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-26 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-06-25 13:24 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-25 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-24 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-24 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-23 14:08 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-23 14:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-22 14:07 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-06-22 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-21 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-06-21 14:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-20 14:56 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-06-20 14:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-19 15:19 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-06-19 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-18 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-06-18 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment

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 24.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
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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