CVE-2023-7207

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 59.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-01-05 00:39Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-07 20:19Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-01-05

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8ccace0ea5768fd610d7b72c2503db92ffb898d1913035ee47ecdb62991c6aa4

• git.savannah.gnu.orghttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628patch
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163issue-tracking
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8mailing-list
• cve.mitre.orghttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207issue-tracking
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1