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CVE-2017-7435
libzypp accepts unsigned 3rd party repo without warning
High8.1EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microfocus
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- Missing UI interaction when adding untrusted repositories could lead to use of unsigned package repositories.
- 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://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-7435/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009127 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-7435)Record last updated .