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high 8.5

CVE-2026-104620 json

PackageKit/ZYpp local privilege escalation using InstallFiles(SIMULATE)

published 2d ago modified 2d ago also EUVD-2026-120069

cvss
8.5
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • PackageKit PackageKit 1.4.1
  • PackageKit SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 1.2.4-150500.6.10.1
  • PackageKit SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7, SLES for SAP 15 SP6 +1 more 1.2.8-150600.4.20.1
  • PackageKit SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  • PackageKit SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.1.3-24.29.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:5144-1SUSE-SU-2026:5143-1SUSE-SU-2026:5142-1SUSE-SU-2026:5141-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-104620 updated cvss 7.8

PackageKit: PackageKit: Privilege escalation via path traversal in the Zypp backend

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 PackageKit-qt, PackageKit-yum, PackageKit-cron, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-gtk-module, PackageKit-yum-plugin, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 PackageKit, PackageKit-yum, PackageKit-cron, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-yum-plugin, PackageKit-gtk3-module, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 PackageKit, PackageKit-cron, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-gtk3-module, PackageKit 1.2.8-8.el10_2, PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 PackageKit, PackageKit-glib, PackageKit-gtk3-module, PackageKit 1.2.8-8.el10_2, PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin, PackageKit-command-not-found Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 PackageKit 1.2.8-8.el10_2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3d ago

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
CNA 4.0 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • PackageKit PackageKit

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

References

Sources

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