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TI-2018-15976 Aliases CVE-2018-1000622GHSA-6f94-33qx-gqcf

The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427…

Priority LOW 38CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01819 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8 – 1.27.0Vulnerablerust-lang
  • cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8 – 1.27.0 Vulnerable ·rust-lang

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed—
Red Hat Developer Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed—

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000622
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6f94-33qx-gqcf

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

  • TI-2024-16197 Rusts's `std::process::Command` did not properly escape arguments of batch files on Windows CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-03325 Command injection vulnerability in programing languages on Microsoft Windows operating system. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-06036 Race condition in std::fs::remove_dir_all in rustlang CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2018-16034 The Rust Programming Language Standard Library version 1.29.0, 1.28.0, 1.27.2, 1.27.1… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-11383 In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, a double free can occur in the… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09849 In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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