CVE-2015-1197 Affecting cpio package, versions <2.13-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.91% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-CPIO-14177667
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed19 Feb 2015

Introduced: 19 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-1197  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 cpio to version 2.13-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpio package and not the cpio package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1