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CVE
CVE-2026-44941
A relative path traversal in the "keyhint" option in repomd.xml parsing of libzypp before 17.38.12 can be used by attack
A relative path traversal in the "keyhint" option in repomd.xml parsing of libzypp before 17.38.12 can be used by attackers able to supply a malicious repository to inject or overwrite files in the target system as root.
HIGH · CVSS 8.4
Schedule remediation
- CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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YARA rules0
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How to read a CVE - triage first, then detect and patch
This page is every public fact about CVE-2026-44941, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.
Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:
CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked.
EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal.
CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score.
Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.
How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.
Then what - two workflows:
Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits.
PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.
Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).
EPSS exploitation probability
n/a
No EPSS score in our data for this CVE. EPSS is published daily for scored CVEs - a very new, reserved, or rejected CVE may not have one yet.
CVSS metric silhouette
shape grows toward worst-case
SSVC triage
No SSVC vulnrichment for this CVE. CISA's Vulnrichment program scores newer CVEs (~2024 onwards) plus selected older critical ones. Use the EPSS probability + KEV status to triage instead.
CVSS vector breakdown
Exploitability - how they get in
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Attack Complexity
Low
High
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Impact - what breaks
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H◆
ATT&CK techniques
1Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small N× marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.
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CAPEC attack patterns
2Attack patterns this CVE enables - the bridge from weakness to ATT&CK technique.
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Weakness Classification
CWE-23Relative Path Traversal
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Related CVEs
4CVEs linked to this one by a shared weakness (CWE) or affected product - joins on data already in the engine, with the reason shown per row.
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1
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CRITICAL
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MEDIUM
CVE-2017-13996
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HIGH
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Fixed versions by distribution
12The package version that resolves this CVE on each Linux distribution, from the vendor’s published security data. fixed in shows a patched version exists; open means the package is listed as affected with no fix yet.
suse sle15libsolv-devel fixed in 0:0.7.39-150400.3.46.1
suse sle15libsolv-tools fixed in 0:0.7.39-150400.3.46.1
suse sle15libsolv-tools-base fixed in 0:0.7.39-150500.6.17.1
suse sle15libzypp fixed in 0:17.38.13-150600.3.92.1
suse sle15libzypp-devel fixed in 0:17.38.13-150400.3.158.1
suse sle15perl-solv fixed in 0:0.7.39-150400.3.46.1
suse sle15python3-solv fixed in 0:0.7.39-150700.11.10.1
suse sle15python311-solv fixed in 0:0.7.39-150700.11.10.1
suse sle15ruby-solv fixed in 0:0.7.39-150400.3.46.1
suse sle15zypper fixed in 0:1.14.98-150600.10.55.1
suse sle15zypper-log fixed in 0:1.14.98-150700.13.6.1
suse sle15zypper-needs-restarting fixed in 0:1.14.98-150500.6.45.1
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Vendor Advisories
10suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:2674-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:2531-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:2575-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:2590-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:22172-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:22221-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:21096-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10984-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:22073-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:22062-1
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References & Sources
2Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.