CVE-2023-38497CWE-278

Cargo not respecting umask when extracting crate archives

High · published August 4, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Cargo downloads the Rust project’s dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in `~/.cargo`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00702 · 52.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-278 · Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
Published
2023-08-04T15:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 AUG 15:51Z
    Cargo not respecting umask when extracting crate archives
    cvelistv5