OS Command Injection Affecting rpm-apidocs package, versions <0:6.0.1-6.1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RPMAPIDOCS-17433278
  • published24 Jun 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026

Introduced: 28 May 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 rpm-apidocs to version 0:6.0.1-6.1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:28491.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm-apidocs package and not the rpm-apidocs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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