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CVE-2017-7436: libzypp accepts unsigned packages even when configured to check signatures

• 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 retrieve unsigned packages without a warning to the user which 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=1038984
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-08/msg00002.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-7436/
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038984
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-08/msg00002.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-7436/

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