OS Command Injection Affecting rpm-devel package, versions <4.20.1-160000.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-RPMDEVEL-20187430
  • published28 Sept 2026
  • disclosed16 Sept 2026

Introduced: 16 Sep 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 rpm-devel to version 4.20.1-160000.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm-devel package and not the rpm-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 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