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CVE-2022-1664

Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.

  • Published: May 26, 2022
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2022-1664
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
debian / dpkg 1.21.0 1.21.8
debian / dpkg 1.20.0 1.20.10
debian / dpkg 1.19.0 1.19.8
debian / dpkg 1.14.17 1.18.26
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x
debian / debian_linux 11.0 11.0.x