CVE-2023-7207

cpio: path traversal vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 4, 2024

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in cpio. The fix for CVE-2015-1197 created other issues, and the patch to fix this issue was reverted, causing a regression when the --no-absolute-filenames command line option is used, resulting in a path traversal vulnerability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Do not process untrusted archives with the cpio program.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')