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CVE-2017-7435: libzypp accepts unsigned 3rd party repo without warning

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In libzypp before 20170803 it was possible to add unsigned YUM repositories without warning to the user that could lead to man in the middle or malicious servers to inject malicious RPM packages into a users system.

Affected products

• SUSE libzypp: through 16.15.2

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009127
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-08/msg00002.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-7435/
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009127
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-08/msg00002.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-7435/

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