CVE-2023-0591

MEDIUM

ubi_reader < 0.8.5 - Path Traversal via Crafted UBIFS Node Names

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

ubireader_extract_files is vulnerable to path traversal when run against specifically crafted UBIFS files, allowing the attacker to overwrite files outside of the extraction directory (provided the process has write access to that file or directory). This is due to the fact that a node name (dent_node.name) is considered trusted and joined to the extraction directory path during processing, then the node content is written to that joined path. By crafting a malicious UBIFS file with node names holding path traversal payloads (e.g. ../../tmp/outside.txt), it's possible to force ubi_reader to write outside of the extraction directory. This issue affects ubi-reader before 0.8.5.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 30.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/ubi-reader 0 - 0.8.5PyPI
ubi_reader_project/ubi_reader < 0.8.5
Published Jan 31, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026