CVE-2022-44900

high-risk
Published 2022-12-06

A directory traversal vulnerability in the SevenZipFile.extractall() function of the python library py7zr v0.20.0 and earlier allows attackers to write arbitrary files via extracting a crafted 7z file.

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33.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 67% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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9
CVSS 9.1/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

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Affected Vendors

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high-risk
Severity 31/34 · Critical
Exploitability 16/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal