CVE-2026-2625: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
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.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2026-2625 is a medium severity vulnerability in rust-rpm-sequoia affecting Red Hat Hardened Images. The flaw occurs during the RPM signature verification process when a specially crafted RPM file causes an error in the OpenPGP signature parsing code, leading to an unconditional termination of the rpm process. This results in an application-level denial of service, making the system unable to verify RPM signatures. Red Hat has released an update including fixed versions of rust-rpm-sequoia packages (rpm-sequoia-1.10.1.1-1.2.hum1) for affected architectures to address this issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability causes an application-level denial of service by terminating the rpm process during signature verification, which prevents the system from processing RPM files for signature verification. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, only availability is affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has issued a security update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs that includes fixed versions of rust-rpm-sequoia packages. Applying this update will remediate the vulnerability. Users should follow Red Hat's update instructions at https://images.redhat.com/ to apply the fixed packages rpm-sequoia-1.10.1.1-1.2.hum1 for aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-2625: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.0medium
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-2625 is a medium severity vulnerability in rust-rpm-sequoia affecting Red Hat Hardened Images. The flaw occurs during the RPM signature verification process when a specially crafted RPM file causes an error in the OpenPGP signature parsing code, leading to an unconditional termination of the rpm process. This results in an application-level denial of service, making the system unable to verify RPM signatures. Red Hat has released an update including fixed versions of rust-rpm-sequoia packages (rpm-sequoia-1.10.1.1-1.2.hum1) for affected architectures to address this issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability causes an application-level denial of service by terminating the rpm process during signature verification, which prevents the system from processing RPM files for signature verification. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity, only availability is affected.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has issued a security update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs that includes fixed versions of rust-rpm-sequoia packages. Applying this update will remediate the vulnerability. Users should follow Red Hat's update instructions at https://images.redhat.com/ to apply the fixed packages rpm-sequoia-1.10.1.1-1.2.hum1 for aarch64 and x86_64 architectures. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-17T13:16:29.204Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2625","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 69d00aca0a160ebd924e2a81
Added to database: 04/03/2026, 18:45:30 UTC
Last enriched: 07/02/2026, 21:02:27 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 141
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