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CVE-2022-1664
directory traversal for in-place extracts with untrusted v2 and v3 source packages with debian.tar
Critical9.8EPSS 3.2%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- debian
Description
Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- directory traversal
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (7)
- https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=7a6c03cb34d4a09f35df2f10779cbf1b70a5200b (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=58814cacee39c4ce9e2cd0e3a3b9b57ad437eff5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=1f23dddc17f69c9598477098c7fb9936e15fa495 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=faa4c92debe45412bfcf8a44f26e827800bb24be (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00115.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00033.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221007-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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