8.5

CVE-2026-44933: suse opensuse Path Traversal: '.../...//'

CVSS: 8.5v4.0HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44933openSUSE-SU-2026:10826-1
Published 20-05-2026Last modified 21-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44933 is a high (CVSS 8.5) Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in suse opensuse. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.5/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21096-1SUSE-SU-2026:22172-1SUSE-SU-2026:22221-1SUSE-SU-2026:2531-1SUSE-SU-2026:2575-1SUSE-SU-2026:2590-1

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

`PluginScript` attempts to `chroot` the plugin to the `repoManagerRoot`, this root is frequently `/` (the system root) in standard configurations or when using `--root`. If the chroot target is `/`, it is a no-op, allowing the traversed path to execute host binaries (like `/bin/bash`) with root privileges.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 0.22% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse2 products
Opensuse1 product
  • libzypp&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 17.38.9-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • libzyppAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

4 links