CVE-2026-8274

medium

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.1. Affected is the function do_directory of the file cramfsck.c of the component Directory Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 2fc492747115b24d8a07eddd27a2d45229cb273c. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/362571/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/362571

https://vuldb.com/submit/810864

https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/releases/tag/v2.2

https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/12#issue-4307511739

https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/12

https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/commit/2fc492747115b24d8a07eddd27a2d45229cb273c

https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-11

Updated: 2026-05-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00007