CVE-2026-44604

Public on 2026-05-28
Modified on 2026-05-28
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core rpm Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Mock2 Extra rpm Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 rpm Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H