RHSA-2020:5012 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: librepo security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 10, 2020
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for librepo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The librepo library provides a C and Python API to download repository metadata.
Security Fix(es):
- librepo: missing path validation in repomd.xml may lead to directory traversal (CVE-2020-14352)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.