Back
CVE-2017-9269
lack of keypinning in libzypp could lead to repository switching
High7.7EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
In libzypp before August 2018 GPG keys attached to YUM repositories were not correctly pinned, allowing malicious repository mirrors to silently downgrade to unsigned repositories with potential malicious content.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
- Malicious mirrors could downgrade repositories from trusted signed repositories to unsigned malicious repositories.
- CWE-757 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-757 and its CVEs
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- SUSE-SU-2017:2040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045735 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9269/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-9269)Record last updated .