# CVE-2022-45866: qpress before PierreLvx/qpress 20220819 and before version 11.3, as used in Percona XtraBackup and other products, allows directory traversa

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-23 · Updated: 2025-04-25

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

qpress before PierreLvx/qpress 20220819 and before version 11.3, as used in Percona XtraBackup and other products, allows directory traversal via ../ in a .qp file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://pkgs.org/download/qpress
- https://github.com/PierreLvx/qpress/pull/6
- https://github.com/EvgeniyPatlan/qpress/commit/ddb312090ebd5794e81bc6fb1dfb4e79eda48761
- https://github.com/PierreLvx/qpress/compare/20170415...20220819
- https://github.com/percona/percona-xtrabackup/pull/1366
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQWF7635AJSDKEIGLB73XAH643POGTFY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G4RXO3VYIFRTNIFHWIAZWND6ZXQ5OYOB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UUZ73XT2FXLHC7I4ODLOVB4O4QN7Q7JB/

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