FHIR Core Libraries prior 5.6.106 on CVE package-decompression path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in FHIR Core Libraries on CVE and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component package-decompression. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-28465. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FHIR Core Libraries on CVE. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component package-decompression. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The package-decompression feature in HL7 (Health Level 7) FHIR Core Libraries before 5.6.106 allows attackers to copy arbitrary files to certain directories via directory traversal, if an allowed directory name is a substring of the directory name chosen by the attacker. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-24057.

The weakness was published 12/12/2023 as GHSA-9654-pr4f-gh6m. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-28465 since 03/15/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 5.6.106 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Path traversal
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Core Libraries 5.6.106

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03/15/2023 🔍
12/12/2023 +272 days 🔍
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05/28/2025 +533 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-9654-pr4f-gh6m
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28465 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28465
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-247580

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2023 18:45
Updated: 05/28/2025 05:07
Changes: 12/12/2023 18:45 (41), 01/02/2024 15:01 (11), 05/28/2025 05:07 (16)
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