EM-20261109-KP5C
VulnerabilityHigh severity
Zypp Vulnerability (CVE-2026-104620)
CVE-2026-104620
Status
Developing
Since : signals keep joining.
- First Signal
- Nov 09 14:31 UTCC41 Red Hat Security Data
- Page Born
- Nov 09 15:17 UTCsecond source joined
- Last Signal
- Nov 09 15:17 UTC35 hours before snapshot
- Sources
- 21 official · 1 research, news or crowd
- Open For
- 34 hoursso far
Life Of This Page
- 1BornA second, independent source names it.
- 2Developing · NowNew signals join; severity can move.
- 3ConfirmedNot yetCISA KEV lists it, or exploitation in the wild is reported.
- 4ResolvedNot yetPast the fix deadline and 14 days with no new signal.
- 5ArchivedNot yet30 days after resolved. Read only; the link keeps working. Reopens if it comes back.
The ID never changes, and earlier addresses keep working. A correction is logged, never overwritten. If two pages turn out to be one incident, the later one points to the earlier.
Vulnerability Lifecycle
- Disclosed: reachedNov 09 15:17 UTCC6 NVD published
- Scored: reachedNov 09 15:17 UTCCVSS 8.5 · EPSS 0.2%
- Exploited: not yetNot yetNo exploitation reported
- Advisories: not yetNot yetNone yet
- Vendor Response: reachedNov 09 14:31 UTCC41 published
- Resolved: not yetNot yetAfter 14 quiet days
Timeline
Point at a mark to read it. Squares are signals, colored by severity; every one is also listed under Signals.
Signals
- CVE-2026-104620 (CVSS 8.5) (opens source in a new tab) 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. High severityDatabaseC6 NVD CVE API 2.0
- Red Hat: CVE-2026-104620 (important) (opens source in a new tab) PackageKit: PackageKit: Privilege escalation via path traversal in the Zypp backend High severityVendorC41 Red Hat Security Data