SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libzypp (SUSE-SU-2026:2628-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 323038

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2628-1 advisory.

This update for libzypp fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-25707: Handcrafted repo metadata may cause arbitrary local files to be overwritten (bsc#1259802).
- CVE-2026-44942: Fixed possible path traversal attacks via .repo files 'path=' entries (bsc#1267874).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libzypp, libzypp-devel and / or libzypp-devel-doc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259802

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267874

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-June/047630.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25707

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 323038

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2628-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2026

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25707

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44942

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-devel-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25707, CVE-2026-44942

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2628-1