Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-104619 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-104619 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-104619?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- PackageKit Zypp Backend before 1.4.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-104619?
- Yes: fixed in PackageKit Zypp Backend 1.4.1. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-104619 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-104619?
- Check whether you run PackageKit Zypp Backend at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: PackageKit Zypp Backend 1.4.1
Technical details
The vulnerability is a privilege escalation flaw in PackageKit Zypp Backend versions before 1.4.1 that allows unprivileged users to roll back security updates. The flaw resides in the update management logic and requires local access to exploit. By reverting systems to vulnerable software versions, an attacker can chain this with known exploits to achieve privilege escalation.
Affected products
- PackageKit PackageKit Zypp Backend before 1.4.1
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed