OS Command Injection Affecting rpm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-RPM-17015755
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-44604  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 rpm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm package and not the rpm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1