rpmbuild in RPM 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly parse the syntax of spec files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to remove h…

published 2010-06-08 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-2213

cvss: 5.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

rpmbuild in RPM 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly parse the syntax of spec files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to remove home directories via vectors involving a ;~ (semicolon tilde) sequence in a Name tag.

Patch / fix

distros 1

rpm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2197

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-2197 updated 2025-11-21

rpm: rpmbuild does not properly parse syntax of spec files

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-2197
NVD CVE-2010-2197

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Summary