Rpm process?

Has anyone else had the problem of getting a red cpu status of "Load is
CRITICAL!" with the process list showing a Xymon process of rpm being the
top user of CPU resources?
I looked all over the source code and don't see anywhere that Xymon is
using the rpm command to do anything.  Since this is a "canned" status on a
running system, not on a system where Xymon is being built, for example,
this is obviously a default process, but where is it coming from?

Thanks,

David