CVE-2022-27778

medium

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.5

Description

A use of incorrectly resolved name vulnerability fixed in 7.83.1 might remove the wrong file when `--no-clobber` is used together with `--remove-on-error`.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27778.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27778

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`7.83.1-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`7.83.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`7.83.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`7.83.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`7.83.1-1`
sles		affected

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27778
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-27778.html

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.