CVE-2022-45866 — qpress before PierreLvx/qpress 20220819 and before version 11
qpress before PierreLvx/qpress 20220819 and before version 11.3, as used in Percona XtraBackup and other products, allows directory traversal via ../ in a .qp file.
Published
2022-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-25T18:35:51.761Z
01What is this vulnerability?
qpress before PierreLvx/qpress 20220819 and before version 11.3, as used in Percona XtraBackup and other products, allows directory traversal via ../ in a .qp file.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2022-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-04-25T18:35:51.761Z
09References
- pkgs.org — https://pkgs.org/download/qpress
- github.com — https://github.com/PierreLvx/qpress/pull/6
- github.com — https://github.com/EvgeniyPatlan/qpress/commit/ddb312090ebd5794e81bc6fb1dfb4e79e…
- github.com — https://github.com/PierreLvx/qpress/compare/20170415...20220819
- github.com — https://github.com/percona/percona-xtrabackup/pull/1366
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
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