Race Condition Enabling Link Following and Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in remove_dir_all
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
The `remove_dir_all` crate is a Rust library that offers additional features over the Rust standard library `fs::remove_dir_all` function. It suffers the same class of failure as the code it was layering over: TOCTOU race conditions, with the ability to cause arbitrary paths to be deleted by substituting a symlink for a path after the type of the path was checked. Thanks to the Rust security team for identifying the problem and alerting us to it.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | remove_dir_all (crates.io) | before 0.8.0 | 0.8.0 | Patch available | GHSA-mc8h-8q98-g5hr |
- remove_dir_all (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.8.0 Fixed in 0.8.0 Patch available GHSA-mc8h-8q98-g5hr
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-mc8h-8q98-g5hr remove_dir_all (crates.io) Fixed in 0.8.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-mc8h-8q98-g5hr
References
Sources
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