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CVE-2026-44604

Rpm: command injection in rpmuncompress dountar() via unescaped archive top-level directory name in popen() shell command

Published: May 28, 2026Updated: May 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List
NVD MITRE
7.0CVSS
HIGH

A command injection vulnerability was discovered in the `rpmuncompress` utility of RPM. When extracting certain archive formats (ZIP, 7z, GEM) to a specified destination directory, the tool inserts the archive's top-level folder name into a shell command without properly sanitizing it. A specially crafted archive containing shell metacharacters in its folder name can execute arbitrary commands as the user running the extraction.

EPSS Score
N/A
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High

Weaknesses

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Pen Drive Powered by Red Hat Lightspeed
Red Hat
Red Hat build of Quarkus Native builder
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat
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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44604
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460967
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