CVE-2026-2625

Rust-rpm-sequoia: rust-rpm-sequoia: denial of service via crafted rpm file during signature verification

Published Apr 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in rust-rpm-sequoia. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) file. During the RPM signature verification process, this crafted file can trigger an error in the OpenPGP signature parsing code, leading to an unconditional termination of the rpm process. This issue results in an application level denial of service, making the system unable to process RPM files for signature verification.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Avoid processing untrusted or attacker-controlled RPM files with rpm -Kv or rpm --checksig. Use isolated environments or additional validation layers when handling untrusted RPM artifacts.

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat hardened Images
Sequoia-pgp
Sequoia-pgp rpm-sequoia
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sequoia-pgp:rpm-sequoia:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Redhat hardened Images
Sequoia-pgp
Sequoia-pgp rpm-sequoia
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE. A flaw was found in rust-rpm-sequoia. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) file. During the RPM signature verification process, this crafted file can trigger an error in the OpenPGP signature parsing code, leading to an unconditional termination of the rpm process. This issue results in an application level denial of service, making the system unable to process RPM files for signature verification.
Title rust-rpm-sequoia: rust-rpm-sequoia: Denial of Service via crafted RPM file during signature verification Rust-rpm-sequoia: rust-rpm-sequoia: denial of service via crafted rpm file during signature verification
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
References
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rust-rpm-sequoia
Rust-rpm-sequoia rust-rpm-sequoia
Vendors & Products Rust-rpm-sequoia
Rust-rpm-sequoia rust-rpm-sequoia
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title rust-rpm-sequoia: rust-rpm-sequoia: Denial of Service via crafted RPM file during signature verification
Weaknesses CWE-347
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Nov 5, 2026, 7:32 PM
Reserved
Feb 17, 2026, 1:16 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 3, 2026, 7:17 PM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 8:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 17, 2026, 12:34 PM