CVE-2023-52138VulnerabilityPublished 5 Feb 2024Updated 22 Jul 2026

Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment

Affects engrampaSource GCVE Database

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

8.2High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 76% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Feb 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSengrampa`pkg:deb/ubuntu/engrampa@1.26.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=jammy`Other threats	Affected =1.26.0-0ubuntu1 =1.26.0-1ubuntu1	Fixed in–
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSengrampa`pkg:deb/ubuntu/engrampa@1.24.0-2?arch=source&distro=focal`Other threats	Affected 1.22.1-2 – 1.24.0-2 5 affected builds	Fixed in–
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSengrampa`pkg:deb/ubuntu/engrampa@1.20.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic`Other threats	Affected 1.18.2-2ubuntu0 – 1.20.0-1 5 affected builds	Fixed in–
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSengrampa`pkg:deb/ubuntu/engrampa@1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial`Other threats	Affected 1.10.2-1 – 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1 4 affected builds	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A fix for this vulnerability is available and was implemented in commit 63d5dfa. Users and administrators should update Engrampa to a version that includes this fix to mitigate the risk of exploitation.

Description

Engrampa, the archive manager for the MATE environment, contains a Path Traversal vulnerability in its handling of CPIO archives. This flaw allows crafted archives to cause arbitrary file writes to unintended locations by following symlinks without proper validation. Exploiting this can lead to full Remote Command Execution (RCE) when a victim extracts a malicious archive. The vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa.

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