A command injection flaw was found in rpm. Installing or rebuilding a source RPM whose source or spec file basenames contain a %() macro construct causes rpm to execute an attacker-controlled shell command via popen() while relocating the source file list. This allows arbitrary command execution as the invoking (typically non-root) user, simply by installing, rebuilding, or otherwise processing an untrusted .src.rpm.

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To mitigate this issue, Red Hat recommends avoiding the installing or rebuilding of source RPMs from untrusted or unverified sources.

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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description A command injection flaw was found in rpm. Installing or rebuilding a source RPM whose source or spec file basenames contain a %() macro construct causes rpm to execute an attacker-controlled shell command via popen() while relocating the source file list. This allows arbitrary command execution as the invoking (typically non-root) user, simply by installing, rebuilding, or otherwise processing an untrusted .src.rpm.
Title Rpm: rpm: shell command injection via macro expansion of source/spec file basenames when installing a source rpm
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-24T15:02:40.089Z

Reserved: 2026-09-22T08:44:44.967Z

Link: CVE-2026-95521

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-24T14:18:20.290

Modified: 2026-09-24T14:18:20.290

Link: CVE-2026-95521

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