Is CVE-2023-7207 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-7207 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-7207?

CVE-2023-7207 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-7207?

CVE-2023-7207 has an EPSS score of 0.91% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-7207?

Upgrade cpio on debian 13 to 2.14+dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-7207

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

cpioDebian

Fixed in:2.14+dfsg-1CVE-2023-7207

cpioUbuntu

Fixed in:2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4USN-6755-1

Fixed in:2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1USN-6755-1

Fixed in:2.13+dfsg-7.1ubuntu0.1USN-6755-1

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 RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

git.savannah.gnu.org

Third-Party Advisory1

cve.mitre.org

Issue Tracking1

bugs.debian.org

Mailing List2

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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 2025-08-26.