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TI-2019-12541 Aliases CVE-2019-16760GHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x

Cargo prior to Rust 1.26.0 may download the wrong dependency

Priority LOW 35CWE-16Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-494.

Summary

Cargo prior to Rust 1.26.0 may download the wrong dependency if your package.toml file uses the `package` configuration key. Usage of the `package` key to rename dependencies in `Cargo.toml` is ignored in Rust 1.25.0 and prior. When Rust 1.25.0 and prior is used Cargo may download the wrong dependency, which could be squatted on crates.io to be a malicious package. This not only affects manifests that you write locally yourself, but also manifests published to crates.io. Rust 1.0.0 through Rust 1.25.0 is affected by this advisory because Cargo will ignore the `package` key in manifests. Rust 1.26.0 through Rust 1.30.0 are not affected and typically will emit an error because the `package` key is unstable. Rust 1.31.0 and after are not affected because Cargo understands the `package` key. Users of the affected versions are strongly encouraged to update their compiler to the latest available one. Preventing this issue from happening requires updating your compiler to be either Rust 1.26.0 or newer. There will be no point release for Rust versions prior to 1.26.0. Users of Rust 1.19.0 to Rust 1.25.0 can instead apply linked patches to mitigate the issue.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0126 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed cargo (rust): 1.26.0cargo (crates.io): 0.27.0

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rustcargo1.0.0 to before 1.26.01.26.0Patch availableCNA
—cargo (crates.io)before 0.27.00.27.0Patch availableGHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x
  • cargo Vendorrust Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.26.0 Fixed in 1.26.0 Patch available CNA
  • cargo (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.27.0 Fixed in 0.27.0 Patch available GHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.26.0Vulnerablerust-lang
  • cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.26.0 Vulnerable ·rust-lang

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA cargo (rust) Fixed in 1.26.0
  • Fix · GHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x cargo (crates.io) Fixed in 0.27.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16760
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x

References

  • TI-2026-65509 pageant: Out-of-bounds read / oversized allocation in `pageant` MemoryMap::read via a malicious Pageant agent (Windows) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2

Sources