CVE-2018-10897: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 5.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A directory traversal issue was found in reposync, a part of yum-utils, where reposync fails to sanitize paths in remote repository configuration files. If an attacker controls a repository, they may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. If reposync is running with heightened privileges on a targeted system, this flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. Version 1.1.31 and older are believed to be affected.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Virtualization: version 4.0 only
• Rpm Yum-Utils: up to and including 1.1.31

Published 2018-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.