4.9

CVE-2023-7207: debian debian cpio Path Traversal

CVSS: 4.9v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:0238-1SUSE-SU-2024:0248-1SUSE-SU-2024:0305-1
Published 05-01-2024Last modified 07-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-7207 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in debian debian cpio. EPSS estimates a 0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.91% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse21 products
  • cpio&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 2.12-150000.3.12.1
  • cpio&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 2.12-150000.3.12.1
  • cpio&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 2.12-150000.3.12.1
  • cpio&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpio&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 2.13-150400.3.6.1
Opensuse4 products
  • cpio&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | < 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpio&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | < 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpio&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4< 2.13-150400.3.3.1 | < 2.13-150400.3.6.1
  • cpio&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.15-1.1
Debian2 products
  • cpioAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.14+dfsg-1
  • debian cpio< 2.14+dfsg-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • cpio< 2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4 | < 2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1

5 vendors · 29 products

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