# CVE-2023-52138: engrampa: Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment

CVE-2023-52138 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by engrampa 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, released February 5, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52138
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 9.6 (Medium)
- EPSS: 0.0167
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Feb 5, 2024

## Description

Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. Engrampa is found to be vulnerable to a Path Traversal vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target. While handling CPIO archives, the Engrampa Archive manager follows symlink, cpio by default will follow stored symlinks while extracting and the Archiver will not check the symlink location, which leads to arbitrary file writes to unintended locations. When the victim extracts the archive, the attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive to achieve RCE on the target system. This vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | engrampa Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 1.24.1-1+deb11u1 | [DSA-5625-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/dsa-5625-1.md) | Feb 16, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 1.26.0-1+deb12u2 | [DSA-5625-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/dsa-5625-1.md) | Feb 16, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1.26.2-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52138](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-52138.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa Debian 14 | 1.26.2-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52138](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2023-52138.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | [engrampa 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-engrampa-1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1-esm1.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | [engrampa 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-engrampa-1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1-esm1.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 | [engrampa 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-engrampa-1.26.0-1ubuntu1-esm1.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa-common Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | [engrampa-common 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-engrampa-common-1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1-esm1.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa-common Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | [engrampa-common 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-engrampa-common-1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1-esm1.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Linux | engrampa-common Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 | [engrampa-common 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-jammy-engrampa-common-1.26.0-1ubuntu1-esm1.md) | Feb 5, 2024 |

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