CVE-2023-0592

Path traversal in jefferson

5.5 Medium

A path traversal vulnerability affects jefferson's JFFS2 filesystem extractor. By crafting malicious JFFS2 files, attackers could force jefferson to write outside of the extraction directory.This issue affects jefferson: before 0.4.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Down 0.5 points since Feb 1, 2023

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.5

Path traversal in jefferson

Record: CVE-2023-0592
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-12631 5.5

Record: EUVD-2023-12631
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5gc-65fr-7vfc No score

A path traversal vulnerability affects jefferson's JFFS2 filesystem extractor. By crafting...

Record: GHSA-p5gc-65fr-7vfc
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.5

Record: CVE-2023-0592
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.5

Path traversal in jefferson

Record: CVE-2023-0592
CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-0592 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Jefferson Project Jefferson, published January 31, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.