GHSA-pr6x-p264-jrpq
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published August 23, 2022
There is a flaw in RPM's signature functionality. OpenPGP subkeys are associated with a primary key via a "binding signature." RPM does not check the binding signature of subkeys prior to importing them. If an attacker is able to add or socially engineer another party to add a malicious subkey to a legitimate public key, RPM could wrongly trust a malicious signature. The greatest impact of this flaw is to data integrity. To exploit this flaw, an attacker must either compromise an RPM repository or convince an administrator to install an untrusted RPM or public key. It is strongly recommended to only use RPMs and public keys from trusted sources.
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Timeline
- Aug 23, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/1795 url
- https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/bd36c5dc9fb6d90c46fbfed8c2d67516fc571ec8 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0254 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0368 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3521 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0634 url
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3521 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941098 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22 url