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CVE-2023-7207 json

Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability.

published 2024-01-05 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59388

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in --no-absolute-filenames. Upstream has since provided a proper fix to --no-absolute-filenames.

Patch / fix

  • Debian Debian cpio 2.14+dfsg-1
  • cpio Debian 14, Debian 13 2.14+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7207

  • cpio Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4
  • cpio Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cpio SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4 +10 more 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpio SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 2.11-36.21.1
  • cpio SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +6 more 2.12-150000.3.12.1
  • cpio SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 2.11-36.18.1
  • cpio SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4 +4 more 2.13-150400.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0305-2SUSE-SU-2024:0305-3SUSE-SU-2024:0305-1SUSE-SU-2024:0825-1SUSE-SU-2024:0824-1SUSE-SU-2024:0248-1

  • cpio openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.15-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13653-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-7207 updated cvss 5.5

cpio: path traversal vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 cpio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cpio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 cpio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 cpio
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not process untrusted archives with the cpio program.”

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Debian Debian cpio

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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