VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-7216

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.90%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2024-02-05

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility. This issue could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted archive. During the extraction process, the archiver could follow symlinks outside of the intended directory, which allows files to be written in arbitrary directories through symlinks.

Weakness classification

secalert@redhat.com: CWE-59
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Primary references

secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory