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CVE-2023-7207

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  • Published2024-02-29
  • WeaknessCWE-22

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-02-2901:42CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Gnu cpio
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.13= 2.13no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As canonical, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Debian cpio

    package cpioplatforms: Linux

    Affected
    • < 2.14+dfsg-1fixed in 2.14+dfsg-1semver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2024-01-05

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • cpioUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1
  • cpioUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4
  • cpioTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6all versions · fixed in 2.13-16.el9_6.tuxcare.els1
  • cpioTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2all versions · fixed in 2.13-16.el9_2.tuxcare.els1
  • cpioSUSE:Manager Server 4.3all versions · fixed in 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpioSUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3all versions · fixed in 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 2.12-150000.3.12.1

33 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2024-02-29
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-x4gq-xcr8-xwp7

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7207?

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.

Is CVE-2023-7207 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-7207 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.9% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-7207?

CVE-2023-7207 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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