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CVE-2023-7207

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: January 5, 2024 at 12:39 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCpioDebian cpio

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cpio· Gnu
95%
2.13
Debian cpio· Debian
60%
v < 2.14+dfsg-1
Affected range stops below 2.14+dfsg-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Mailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1
Issue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207
PatchMailing List
Source: [email protected]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628
Mailing List
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.9MEDIUMcanonical
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-22

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