CVE-2026-44604

Published: May 28, 2026Modified: Jun 23, 2026

7.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-78

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

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (3)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28491

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44604

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460967

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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