A path traversal attack in simulation of actions in the Zypp backend of PackageKit before 1.4.1 could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| PackageKit | PackageKit | unaffected |
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| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284954 |
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:45:00 +0000
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| Description | A path traversal attack in simulation of actions in the Zypp backend of PackageKit before 1.4.1 could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. | |
| Title | PackageKit/ZYpp local privilege escalation using InstallFiles(SIMULATE) | |
| First Time appeared |
Packagekit
Packagekit packagekit |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-23 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:packagekit:packagekit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Packagekit
Packagekit packagekit |
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cvssV4_0
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: suse
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-09T14:31:16.701Z
Reserved: 2026-10-02T04:18:56.078Z
Link: CVE-2026-104620
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