CVE-2022-23793

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.08% (81st) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS≤ 3.0.0-3.10.6 & 4.0.0-4.1.0enisa_euvdEU
Joomla! Project joomla/archive≤ 1.0.0-1.1.11 & 2.0.0enisa_euvdEU
joomla joomla!3.0.0 → 3.10.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
joomla joomla!4.0.0 → 4.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami joomla3.0.0 → 3.10.6osvUSpkg:bitnami/joomla
Bitnami joomla4.0.0 → 4.1.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/joomla
Packagist joomla/archive< 1.1.12osvUSpkg:composer/joomla/archive
Packagist joomla/archive2.0.0 → 2.0.1osvUSpkg:composer/joomla/archive

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-jm67-jh3g-cg3fPath Traversal within joomla/archive tar class2022-03-31ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.
BIT-joomla-2022-23793[20220301] - Core - Zip Slip within the Tar extractor2025-04-03vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

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