Is CVE-2016-10173 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10173 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10173?

CVE-2016-10173 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10173?

CVE-2016-10173 has an EPSS score of 4.74% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10173?

Upgrade ruby-minitar on debian 11 to 0.5.4-3.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10173

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

ruby-minitarDebian

Fixed in:0.5.4-3.1CVE-2016-10173

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

4.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Exploit1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.