HIGH 7.0 NVD
CVE-2026-78367
A flaw was found in rpmbuild. When rpmbuild processes a crafted tarball in tarball mode, a specially designed tar member name can lead to macro injection. This
A flaw was found in rpmbuild. When rpmbuild processes a crafted tarball in tarball mode, a specially designed tar member name can lead to macro injection. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system by convincing a user to build a malicious tarball.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78367
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521857
- https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/4314
- https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/4314
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0 was published on 2026-08-24 via NVD.
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