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Echo: rpm: security update to 4.20.1+dfsg-3+e1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 458507

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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 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. (CVE-2026-44604)

Solution

Update the rpm library and its related packages to version 4.20.1+dfsg-3+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-44604

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 458507

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.16

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44604