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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-84838 EUVD-2026-70109GHSA-h54x-hjr5-ww2x

Rpm: command injection in rpmuncompress via unescaped filenames passed to popen()

Published Sep 2, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in rpmuncompress. This command injection vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This occurs when rpmuncompress processes a specially crafted archive filename containing shell metacharacters, which are not properly escaped before being passed to shell command strings. Successful exploitation requires user interaction, where a user or automated workflow invokes rpmuncompress on the malicious file, leading to high impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data accessible to the invoking user.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 rpm No fix yet —
Debian 13 rpm No fix yet —
Debian 12 rpm No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 rpm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS rpm No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 rpm +16 4.19.1.1-29.el10_3 RHSA-2026:99595
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 rpm +19 6.1.0-1.3.hum1 RHSA-2026:82378

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 rpm +16 4.19.1.1-29.el10_3 RLSA-2026:99595

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 rpm No fix yet —

Advisories 3

References