CVE-2005-1229 Affecting cpio package, versions <2.6-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.06% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-CPIO-18610744
  • published11 Aug 2026
  • disclosed2 May 2005

Introduced: 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-1229  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest cpio to version 2.6-6 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1