CVE-2010-4226

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote...

5.0 Medium

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Exploit likelihood

2.93%Up 1.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

CVE List 7.2

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Record: CVE-2010-4226
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2010-4200 7.2

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Record: EUVD-2010-4200
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mwc7-wm76-6x7w 7.2

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote...

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Record: GHSA-mwc7-wm76-6x7w
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.2

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Record: CVE-2010-4226
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10665-1 No score

build-20210902-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the build-20210902-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10665-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2017:3253-1 No score

Fixing security issues on OBS toolchain

This OBS toolchain update fixes the following issues:

Package 'build':

CVE-2010-4226: force use of bsdtar for VMs (bnc#665768)
CVE-2017-14804: Improve file name check extractbuild (bsc#1069904)
switch baselibs scheme for debuginfo packages from foo-debuginfo-32bit to foo-32bit-debuginfo (fate#323217)

Package 'obs-service-source_validator':

CVE-2017-9274: Don't use rpmbuild to extract sources, patches etc. from a spec (bnc#938556).
Update to version 0.7
use spec_query instead of output_versions using the specfile parser from the build package (boo#1059858)

Package 'osc':

update to version 0.162.0
add Recommends: ca-certificates to enable TLS verification without manually installing them. (bnc#1061500)

Record: SUSE-SU-2017:3253-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`build` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 20171128-9.3.2	20171128-9.3.2
`obs-service-source_validator` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0.7-9.3.1	0.7-9.3.1
`osc` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0.162.0-15.3.1	0.162.0-15.3.1
`build` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 20171128-9.3.2	20171128-9.3.2
`obs-service-source_validator` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0.7-9.3.1	0.7-9.3.1
`osc` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 0.162.0-15.3.1	0.162.0-15.3.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 2, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2010-4226 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Gnu Cpio, published February 6, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.93%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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