CVE-2023-24057

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

HL7 (Health Level 7) FHIR Core Libraries before 5.6.92 allow attackers to extract files into arbitrary directories via directory traversal from a crafted ZIP or TGZ archive (for a prepackaged terminology cache, NPM package, or comparison archive).

Affected products

hapifhir org.hl7.fhir.core: before 5.6.92 — fixed in 5.6.92
HL7 Fhir Ig Publisher: before 1.2.30 — fixed in 1.2.30

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: hapifhir org.hl7.fhir.core 5.6.92; HL7 Fhir Ig Publisher 1.2.30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/security/advisories/GHSA-xr8x-pxm6-prjg
https://github.com/HL7/fhir-ig-publisher/security/advisories/GHSA-xr8x-pxm6-prjg

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