CVE-2023-7207
Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-7207- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-59388
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-59388- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x4gq-xcr8-xwp7
Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE...
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.
- Record
GHSA-x4gq-xcr8-xwp7- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-7207- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-7207- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-7207- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1786620962 No score
cpio: Fix of CVE-2023-7207
- CVE-2023-7207: path traversal via absolute symlink targets under --no-absolute-filenames; drop cpio-2.13-revert-CVE-2015-1197-fix.patch and apply the upstream symlink-placeholder fix instead
- Record
CLSA-2026-1786620962- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1786621771 No score
cpio: Fix of CVE-2023-7207
- CVE-2023-7207: path traversal via absolute symlink targets under --no-absolute-filenames; drop cpio-2.13-revert-CVE-2015-1197-fix.patch and apply the upstream symlink-placeholder fix instead
- Record
CLSA-2026-1786621771- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13653-1 No score
cpio-2.15-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the cpio-2.15-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13653-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0238-1 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2023-7207: Fixed a path traversal issue that could lead to an arbitrary file write during archive extraction (bsc#1218571).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0238-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0248-1 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2023-7207: Fixed a path traversal issue that could lead to an arbitrary file write during archive extraction (bsc#1218571).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0248-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0305-1 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- Fixed cpio not extracting correctly when using --no-absolute-filenames option the security fix for CVE-2023-7207 (bsc#1218571, bsc#1219238)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0305-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0305-2 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- Fixed cpio not extracting correctly when using --no-absolute-filenames option the security fix for CVE-2023-7207 (bsc#1218571, bsc#1219238)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0305-2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0305-3 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- Fixed cpio not extracting correctly when using --no-absolute-filenames option the security fix for CVE-2023-7207 (bsc#1218571, bsc#1219238)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0305-3- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0824-1 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2023-7207: Fixed path traversal vulnerability (bsc#1218571, bsc#1219238)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0824-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2024:0825-1 No score
Security update for cpio
This update for cpio fixes the following issues:
- Fixed cpio not extracting correctly when using --no-absolute-filenames option the security fix for CVE-2023-7207 (bsc#1218571, bsc#1219238)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2024:0825-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6755-1 No score
cpio vulnerabilities
Ingo Brückl discovered that cpio contained a path traversal vulnerability. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted cpio archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files outside the target directory on the host, even if using the option --no-absolute-filenames.
- Record
USN-6755-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cpioTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2 |
before 2.13-16.el9_2.tuxcare.els1 | 2.13-16.el9_2.tuxcare.els1 |
cpioTuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.6 |
before 2.13-16.el9_6.tuxcare.els1 | 2.13-16.el9_6.tuxcare.els1 |
cpioDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.13+dfsg-7.12.14+dfsg-12.15+dfsg-12.15+dfsg-22.15+dfsg-2.1 |
None known |
cpioDebian:13 |
before 2.14+dfsg-1 | 2.14+dfsg-1 |
cpioDebian:14 |
before 2.14+dfsg-1 | 2.14+dfsg-1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
cpioopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.3 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cpioopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.4 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
cpioopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 |
before 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | 2.13-150400.3.3.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
before 2.11-36.18.1 | 2.11-36.18.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
before 2.11-36.18.1 | 2.11-36.18.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.3 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioopenSUSE:Leap Micro 5.4 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Manager Server 4.3 |
before 2.13-150400.3.6.1 | 2.13-150400.3.6.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 |
before 2.12-150000.3.12.1 | 2.12-150000.3.12.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
before 2.11-36.21.1 | 2.11-36.21.1 |
cpioSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
before 2.11-36.21.1 | 2.11-36.21.1 |
cpioUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4, plus listed versions 2.12+dfsg-92.12+dfsg-9ubuntu12.13+dfsg-12.13+dfsg-22.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 |
2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4 |
cpioUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
before 2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 2.13+dfsg-4ubuntu42.13+dfsg-7 |
2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1 |
cpioopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2.15-1.1 | 2.15-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-7207 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Debian Cpio, published January 5, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. Fixed in cpio 2.13-16.el9_2.tuxcare.els1.
References
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7207
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4gq-xcr8-xwp7
errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/almalinux9.2esu/CLSA-2026-1786620962.html
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7207
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20240238-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1218571
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7207
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7207