CVE-2026-8274
A security vulnerability has been detected in npitre cramfs-tools up to 2.1.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 1.9 LOWCVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/commit/2fc492747115b24d8a07eddd27a2d45229cb273c
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/12
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/issues/12#issue-4307511739
- https://github.com/npitre/cramfs-tools/releases/tag/v2.2
- https://vuldb.com/submit/810864
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/362571
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/362571/cti
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.