CVE-2022-46176CWE-347

Cargo did not verify SSH host keys

Medium · published January 11, 2023

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cargo is a Rust package manager. The Rust Security Response WG was notified that Cargo did not perform SSH host key verification when cloning indexes and dependencies via SSH. An attacker could exploit this to perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2022-46176. All Rust versions containing Cargo before 1.66.1 are vulnerable. Note that even if you don't explicitly use SSH for alternate registry indexes or crate dependencies, you might be affected by this vulnerability if you have configured git to replace HTTPS connections to GitHub with SSH (through git's [`url.<base>.insteadOf`][1] setting), as that'd cause you to clone the crates.io index through SSH. Rust 1.66.1 will ensure Cargo checks the SSH host key and abort the connection if the server's public key is not already trusted. We recommend everyone to upgrade as soon as possible.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00679 · 51.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Published
2023-01-11T20:07Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JAN 20:07Z
    Cargo did not verify SSH host keys
    cvelistv5