Bug 2482484

Summary:	CVE-2026-44604 rpm: Command injection in rpmuncompress doUntar() via unescaped archive top-level directory name in popen() shell command [fedora-43]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Michal Domonkos <mdomonko>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	43	CC:	igor.raits, mdomonko, packaging-team-maint, pmatilai
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
Target Release:	---	Flags:	fedora-admin-xmlrpc: mirror+
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["e2214877-e9df-4194-a7f0-3a85a53e1604"]}
Fixed In Version:	rpm-6.0.2-1.fc43	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2026-07-28 01:18:24 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2460967

Description Robb Gatica 2026-05-28 05:55:40 UTC

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-07-16 16:02:19 UTC

FEDORA-2026-a9f0d5370e (rpm-6.0.2-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a9f0d5370e

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-07-17 01:52:45 UTC

FEDORA-2026-a9f0d5370e has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-a9f0d5370e`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-a9f0d5370e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-07-28 01:18:24 UTC

FEDORA-2026-a9f0d5370e (rpm-6.0.2-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.