CVE-2026-42301
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20
Input Validation
Publication date:
09/05/2026
Last modified:
13/05/2026
Description
pyp2spec generates working Fedora RPM spec file for Python projects. Prior to version 0.14.1, pyp2spec was writing PyPI package metadata (e.g. the summary field) into the generated spec file without escaping RPM macro directives. When a packager then runs rpmbuild, those directives get evaluated, so a malicious package can execute arbitrary commands on the build machine. This issue has been patched in version 0.14.1.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH



