CVE-2026-78367

High

Description

A vulnerability was found in RPM's rpmbuild tarball processing. When processing a crafted source archive, the getTarSpec() function in tools/rpmbuild.cc passes an attacker-controlled tar archive member name to rpmExpand() as part of a %{basename:...} macro expression. A specially crafted .spec member name can therefore inject RPM macros, including Lua expressions, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running rpmbuild. This can be exploited when a victim or automated build system processes an attacker-controlled source tarball using rpmbuild tarball mode (such as -ts, -ta, or -tb).

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.0
Exploit probability—
ProductRed Hat Hardened Images
PublishedAug 24, 2026
First seenAug 24, 2026

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened ImagesNo range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9No range specified—

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