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CVE-2026-66484VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · Security update for cpio

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-66484· Medium 4.6

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.6 Medium.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:06 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.6Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GNUcpioAffected
  • <=2.15
Fixed in–

Description

This update for cpio fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-66484: improper sanitization in the tar archive extraction functionality allows for the creation of hard links outside intended directory via malicious tar archives (bsc#1274856). - CVE-2026-66485: improper memory management in the `make_path` function when allocating memory allows for denial of service via crafted archives (bsc#1274857). - CVE-2026-66486: improper encoding or escaping of output in the archive member listing functionality allows for terminal control sequence injection via crafted archive member names (bsc#1274858).

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