CVE-2023-7207 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-7207

Vendor Debian
Product Debian cpio
Published January 5, 2024
Last update May 7, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 5, 2024 CVE published
May 7, 2025 Record updated