# CVE-2023-7207: Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability.

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14+dfsg-1
- Published: 2024-01-05 · Updated: 2025-05-07

## Affected

- cpio: fixed in 2.14+dfsg-1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cpio, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14+dfsg-1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1

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