Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting reportbug package, versions <3.41


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-REPORTBUG-11766959
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed11 Jun 2008

Introduced: 11 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-2230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 reportbug to version 3.41 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reportbug package and not the reportbug package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in (1) reportbug 3.8 and 3.31, and (2) reportbug-ng before 0.2008.06.04, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious module file in the current working directory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1