CVE-2023-22643: Opensuse Libzypp-Plugin-Appdata

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in libzypp-plugin-appdata of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3; openSUSE Leap 15.4 allows attackers that can trick users to use specially crafted REPO_ALIAS, REPO_TYPE or REPO_METADATA_PATH settings to execute code as root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP3 libzypp-plugin-appdata versions prior to 1.0.1+git.20180426. openSUSE Leap 15.4 libzypp-plugin-appdata versions prior to 1.0.1+git.20180426.

Affected products

• Opensuse Libzypp-Plugin-Appdata: before 1.0.1\+git.20180426 (fixed in 1.0.1\+git.20180426)

Published 2023-02-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.