{"id":"CVE-2026-44604","title":"A command injection vulnerability was discovered in the `rpmuncompress` utility of RPM","summary":"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 int…","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-05-28","updated":"2026-09-01","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44604","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28491","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44604","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460967","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00567,"epssPercentile":0.45788,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-02T13:44:42.362Z","slug":"CVE-2026-44604","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}