GHSA-jrpw-543v-8r62HighCVSS 8.8

An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is...

Published
September 1, 2022
Last Modified
October 14, 2026

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📋 Description

An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines where selected content and the target file names are embedded in crafted multi-line file names. This flaw allows a remote, low privileged attacker to force zgrep to write arbitrary files on the system.

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