{"cve":"CVE-2023-7216","nvd":{"published":"2024-02-05T15:15:08.903","modified":"2026-06-17T06:52:20.160","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-59","CWE-22"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901"],"products":["gnu:cpio","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:44:57.175229480+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-7216","score":0.00899,"percentile":0.5964,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}