CVE-2025-6297
Severity
8.2HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 1
Latest updateSep 24
Description
It was discovered that dpkg-deb does not properly sanitize directory permissions when extracting a control member into a temporary directory, which is
documented as being a safe operation even on untrusted data. This may result in leaving temporary files behind on cleanup. Given automated and repeated execution of dpkg-deb commands on
adversarial .deb packages or with well compressible files, placed
inside a directory with permissions not allowing removal by a non-root
user, this can end up in a…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.2
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-w56q-6jw5-h5xf: It was discovered that dpkg-deb does not properly sanitize directory permissions when extracting a control member into a temporary directory, which is↗2025-07-01
OSV▶
CVE-2025-6297: It was discovered that dpkg-deb does not properly sanitize directory permissions when extracting a control member into a temporary directory, which is↗2025-07-01