A flaw was found in libXpm.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 67.3% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: libXpm (AlmaLinux:8) 3.5.12-9.el8_7; libXpm-devel (AlmaLinux:8) 3.5.12-9.el8_7; libXpm (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.13-8.el9_1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to libXpm (AlmaLinux:8) 3.5.12-9.el8_7; libXpm-devel (AlmaLinux:8) 3.5.12-9.el8_7; libXpm (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.13-8.el9_1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing files with .Z or .gz extensions, the library calls external programs to compress and uncompress files, relying on the PATH environment variable to find these programs, which could allow a malicious user to execute other programs by manipulating the PATH environment variable.
- Published
- Feb 7, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 67th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-426
Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| x.org | libxpm | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxpm |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- x.org libxpmbefore 3.5.15
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a libXpm
- 3.5.15affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libXpm | before 3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libXpm-devel | before 3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libXpm | before 3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libXpm-devel | before 3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | libxpm | before 3.5.15-r0 | 3.5.15-r0 |
| Debian:10 | libxpm | before 1:3.5.12-1+deb10u1 | 1:3.5.12-1+deb10u1 |
| Debian:12 | libxpm | before 1:3.5.12-1.1 | 1:3.5.12-1.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | libXpm | before 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 | 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | libXpm-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 | 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | libXpm-devel | before 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 | 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libXpm | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libXpm-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libXpm-debugsource | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libXpm-devel | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | libXpm-devel-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libXpm | before 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libXpm-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libXpm-debugsource | before 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libXpm-devel | before 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libXpm-devel-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 | 0:3.5.13-8.el9_1 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | libXpm | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | libXpm-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | libXpm-debugsource | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 |
| Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | libXpm-devel | before 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_2 |
+26
Same product
x.org: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-10164Multiple integer overflows in libXpm before 3.5.12, when a program requests parsing XPM extensions on a 64-bit platform, allow remote attack41Plan
- CVE-2022-46285A flaw was found in libXpm.30Monitor
- CVE-2022-44617A flaw was found in libXpm.30Monitor
- CVE-2026-94287Denial of service via unsigned underflow in libXpm's write path22Monitor
- CVE-2023-43788Libxpm: out of bounds read in xpmcreatexpmimagefrombuffer()22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:libXpm | 3.5.12-9.el8_7 · AlmaLinux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:libXpm-devel | 3.5.12-9.el8_7 · AlmaLinux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| alpine:libxpm | 3.5.15-r0 · Alpine:v3.14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:libxpm | 1:3.5.12-1.1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:libXpm | 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2 · openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libXpm | 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libXpm-debuginfo | 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libXpm-debugsource | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_6 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libXpm-devel | 0:3.5.12-2.el7_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libXpm-devel-debuginfo | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_6 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| rocky linux:libXpm | 0:3.5.12-9.el8_7 · Rocky Linux:8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:libXpm | 3.5.11-6.7.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:libXpm | 3.5.12-150000.3.7.2 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-426 · Untrusted Search PathCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.