CVE-2026-44604
HIGH EPSS 41.7%
Published May 28, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.0 CVSS 3.1
Published May 28, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
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.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
41.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection
References 2
- access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44604
- bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460967
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.