CVE-2017-7480: Rootkit Hunter Project Rootkit Hunter

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

rkhunter versions before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to file download over insecure channel when doing mirror update resulting into potential remote code execution.

Affected products

• Rootkit Hunter Project Rootkit Hunter: up to and including 1.4.2

Published 2017-07-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.