Bug 2482485 - CVE-2026-44604 rpm: Command injection in rpmuncompress doUntar() via unescaped archive top-level directory name in popen() shell command [fedora-44]
Summary: CVE-2026-44604 rpm: Command injection in rpmuncompress doUntar() via unescape...
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Status: ON_QA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rpm
Version: 44
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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medium
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Assignee: Michal Domonkos
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["e2214877-e9df-4194-a7f0-3...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-44604
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Reported: 2026-05-28 05:55 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2026-07-17 01:36 UTC (History)
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fedora-admin-xmlrpc: mirror+

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Description Robb Gatica 2026-05-28 05:55:44 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 16:22:31 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-9985882270 (rpm-6.0.2-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9985882270
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-07-17 01:36:52 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-9985882270 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-9985882270`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9985882270

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