Description
Engrampa is an archive manager for the MATE environment. Engrampa is found to be vulnerable to a Path Traversal vulnerability that can be leveraged to achieve full Remote Command Execution (RCE) on the target. While handling CPIO archives, the Engrampa Archive manager follows symlink, cpio by default will follow stored symlinks while extracting and the Archiver will not check the symlink location, which leads to arbitrary file writes to unintended locations. When the victim extracts the archive, the attacker can craft a malicious cpio or ISO archive to achieve RCE on the target system. This vulnerability was fixed in commit 63d5dfa.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mate-desktop | engrampa | < commit 63d5dfa | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | engrampa | 1.26.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | engrampa | 1.26.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | engrampa | 1.26.0-1+deb12u2 | DSA-5625-1 |
| Debian 11 | engrampa | 1.24.1-1+deb11u1 | DSA-5625-1 |
| Debian 10 | engrampa | 1.20.2-1+deb10u1 | DLA-3741-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | engrampa | 1.26.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 | USN-8640-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | engrampa | 1.24.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8640-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | engrampa | 1.20.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8640-1 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | engrampa | 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | USN-8640-1 |
Advisories 3
- USN-8640-1 engrampa vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Aug 17, 2026
- DSA-5625-1 engrampa - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DLA-3741-1 engrampa - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v
- https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4IOJ3QWXTZGCXFEHP72ELY22PZ4AX2CB/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00011.html