What is CVE-2023-7216?

CVE-2023-7216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Cpio, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-7216?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-7216 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Gnu Cpio

CVE-2023-7216

A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility. This issue could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted archive. During the extraction process, the archiver could follow symli…

EPSS: 0.009 (54.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Gnu Cpio
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7216?: CVE-2023-7216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnu Cpio, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-7216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-7216 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.