Aggregates CVE and security vulnerability intelligence across all rpm-related products, including CVSS, EPSS, publication dates, and vulnerability intelligence data.
Historical issues mainly involve vendor risk path handling and vendor risk input validation and related problems; some flaws may lead to vendor impact file overwrite, affecting vendor surface software deployment scenarios.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-1929 | Local Root Exploit via Configuration Dictionary in dnf5daemon-server before 5.1.17 allows a malicious user to impact Confidentiality and Integrity via Configuration Dictionary. There are issues with the D-Bus interface long before Polkit is invoked. The `org.rpm.dnf.v0.SessionManager.open_session` method takes a key/value map of configuration entries. A sub-entry in this map, placed under the "config" key, is another key/value map. The configuration values found in it will be forwarded as conf | [email protected] | 7.5 | 0.05% | 2024-05-08 | 2025-08-25 |
| CVE-2021-35939 | It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the parent directory of the file to be created. A local unprivileged user who owns another ancestor directory could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. | [email protected] | 6.7 | 0.15% | 2022-08-26 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-35938 | A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. | [email protected] | 6.7 | 0.15% | 2022-08-25 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-35937 | A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. | [email protected] | 6.4 | 0.01% | 2022-08-25 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-3521 | There is a flaw in RPM's signature functionality. OpenPGP subkeys are associated with a primary key via a "binding signature." RPM does not check the binding signature of subkeys prior to importing them. If an attacker is able to add or socially engineer another party to add a malicious subkey to a legitimate public key, RPM could wrongly trust a malicious signature. The greatest impact of this flaw is to data integrity. To exploit this flaw, an attacker must either compromise an RPM repository | [email protected] | 4.7 | 0.03% | 2022-08-22 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-3445 | A flaw was found in libdnf's signature verification functionality in versions before 0.60.1. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve code execution if they can alter the header information of an RPM package and then trick a user or system into installing it. The highest risk of this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 0.04% | 2021-05-19 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-3421 | A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha. | [email protected] | 5.5 | 0.18% | 2021-05-19 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-20266 | A flaw was found in RPM's hdrblobInit() in lib/header.c. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify the rpmdb to cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. | [email protected] | 4.9 | 0.06% | 2021-04-30 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2021-20271 | A flaw was found in RPM's signature check functionality when reading a package file. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package, whose signature header was modified, to cause RPM database corruption and execute code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity, confidentiality, and system availability. | [email protected] | 7.0 | 0.15% | 2021-03-26 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2019-3817 | A use-after-free flaw has been discovered in libcomps before version 0.1.10 in the way ObjMRTrees are merged. An attacker, who is able to make an application read a crafted comps XML file, may be able to crash the application or execute malicious code. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 0.53% | 2019-03-27 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2017-7500 | It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege. | [email protected] | 7.3 | 0.05% | 2018-08-13 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2018-10897 | A directory traversal issue was found in reposync, a part of yum-utils, where reposync fails to sanitize paths in remote repository configuration files. If an attacker controls a repository, they may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. If reposync is running with heightened privileges on a targeted system, this flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. Version 1.1.31 and older | [email protected] | 8.1 | 2.62% | 2018-08-01 | 2024-11-21 |
| CVE-2017-7501 | It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation. | [email protected] | 7.8 | 0.06% | 2017-11-22 | 2026-05-13 |
| CVE-2014-8118 | Integer overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. | [email protected] | 10.0 | 11.18% | 2014-12-16 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2013-6435 | Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory. | [email protected] | 7.6 | 4.71% | 2014-12-16 | 2026-05-06 |
| CVE-2012-6088 | The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote attackers to bypass RPM signature checks via a crafted package. | [email protected] | 4.3 | 0.53% | 2013-01-18 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2012-0815 | The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 6.99% | 2012-06-04 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2012-0061 | The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 4.95% | 2012-06-04 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2012-0060 | RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid region tag in a package header to the (1) headerLoad, (2) rpmReadSignature, or (3) headerVerify function. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 4.88% | 2012-06-04 | 2026-04-29 |
| CVE-2011-3378 | RPM 4.4.x through 4.9.x, probably before 4.9.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an rpm package with crafted headers and offsets that are not properly handled when a package is queried or installed, related to (1) the regionSwab function, (2) the headerLoad function, and (3) multiple functions in rpmio/rpmpgp.c. | [email protected] | 9.3 | 7.66% | 2011-12-24 | 2026-04-29 |