CVE-2023-7216

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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 symlinks outside of the intended directory, which allows files to be written in arbitrary directories through symlinks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 5, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-7216: Medium severity, CVSS 5.3 | Vulnix