RHSA-2021:4785 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: rpm security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 24, 2021
Updated · August 7, 2026
Topic
An update for rpm 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 RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages.
Security Fix(es):
- rpm: Signature checks bypass via corrupted rpm package (CVE-2021-20271)
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.