Directory Traversal Affecting librsvg2-tools package, versions <0:2.50.7-1.el9_2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.38% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-LIBRSVG2TOOLS-12366814
  • published1 Sept 2025
  • disclosed22 Jul 2023

Introduced: 22 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-38633  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 librsvg2-tools to version 0:2.50.7-1.el9_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:5081.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream librsvg2-tools package and not the librsvg2-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1