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CVE-2021-3806: Path Traversal in Pardus Software Center

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A path traversal vulnerability on Pardus Software Center's "extractArchive" function could allow anyone on the same network to do a man-in-the-middle and write files on the system.

Affected products

• TUBITAK Pardus Software Center: before 0.1.0 — fixed in 0.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TUBITAK Pardus Software Center 0.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://pentest.blog/pardus-21-linux-distro-remote-code-execution-0day-2021/
• https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-21-0754
• https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-21-0754
• https://pentest.blog/pardus-21-linux-distro-remote-code-execution-0day-2021/
• https://www.usom.gov.tr/bildirim/tr-21-0754

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