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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Npitre
  • Cramfs-tools

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/commit/2fc492747115b24d8a07eddd27a2d45229cb273c cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/12 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/12#issue-4307511739 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/releases/tag/v2.2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/810864 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362571 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/362571/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Npitre
Npitre cramfs-tools
Vendors & Products Npitre
Npitre cramfs-tools

Mon, 11 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 11 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title npitre cramfs-tools Directory cramfsck.c do_directory path traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'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/E:P'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T13:59:40.266Z

Reserved: 2026-05-10T15:58:40.236Z

Link: CVE-2026-8274

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-11T13:59:36.706Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-11T05:16:16.580

Modified: 2026-05-11T05:16:16.580

Link: CVE-2026-8274

cve-icon Redhat

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