rage vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution
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
A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary binary. Such a plugin name can be provided to the `rage` CLI through an attacker-controlled recipient or identity string, or to the following `age` APIs when the `plugin` feature flag is enabled: - [`age::plugin::Identity::from_str`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#impl-FromStr-for-Identity) (or equivalently [`str::parse::<age::plugin::Identity>()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse)) - [`age::plugin::Identity::default_for_plugin`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#method.default_for_plugin) - [`age::plugin::IdentityPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.IdentityPluginV1.html#method.new) - [`age::plugin::Recipient::from_str`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Recipient.html#impl-FromStr-for-Recipient) (or equivalently [`str::parse::<age::plugin::Recipient>()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse)) - [`age::plugin::RecipientPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.RecipientPluginV1.html#method.new) On UNIX systems, a directory matching `age-plugin-*` needs to exist in the working directory for the attack to succeed. The binary is executed with a single flag, either `--age-plugin=recipient-v1` or `--age-plugin=identity-v1`. The standard input includes the recipient or identity string, and the random file key (if encrypting) or the header of the file (if decrypting). The format is constrained by the [age-plugin](https://c2sp.org/age-plugin) protocol. An equivalent issue was fixed in [the reference Go implementation of age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age), see advisory [GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/security/advisories/GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c). Thanks to ⬡-49016 for reporting this issue.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | rage (crates.io) | 0.6.0 to before 0.6.1 | 0.6.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | age (crates.io) | 0.6.0 to before 0.6.1 | 0.6.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | age (crates.io) | 0.7.0 to before 0.7.2 | 0.7.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | age (crates.io) | 0.8.0 to before 0.8.2 | 0.8.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | age (crates.io) | 0.9.0 to before 0.9.3 | 0.9.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | age (crates.io) | 0.10.0 to before 0.10.1 | 0.10.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | age (crates.io) | 0.11.0 to before 0.11.1 | 0.11.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | rage (crates.io) | 0.7.0 to before 0.7.2 | 0.7.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | rage (crates.io) | 0.8.0 to before 0.8.2 | 0.8.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | rage (crates.io) | 0.9.0 to before 0.9.3 | 0.9.3 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | rage (crates.io) | 0.10.0 to before 0.10.1 | 0.10.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
| — | rage (crates.io) | 0.11.0 to before 0.11.1 | 0.11.1 | Patch available | GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w |
- rage (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.6.0 to before 0.6.1 Fixed in 0.6.1 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- age (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.6.0 to before 0.6.1 Fixed in 0.6.1 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- age (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.7.0 to before 0.7.2 Fixed in 0.7.2 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- age (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.8.2 Fixed in 0.8.2 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- age (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.9.0 to before 0.9.3 Fixed in 0.9.3 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- age (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.10.0 to before 0.10.1 Fixed in 0.10.1 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- age (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.11.0 to before 0.11.1 Fixed in 0.11.1 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- rage (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.7.0 to before 0.7.2 Fixed in 0.7.2 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- rage (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.8.2 Fixed in 0.8.2 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- rage (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.9.0 to before 0.9.3 Fixed in 0.9.3 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- rage (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.10.0 to before 0.10.1 Fixed in 0.10.1 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
- rage (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.11.0 to before 0.11.1 Fixed in 0.11.1 Patch available GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w rage (crates.io) Fixed in 0.6.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w age (crates.io) Fixed in 0.6.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w age (crates.io) Fixed in 0.7.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w age (crates.io) Fixed in 0.8.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w age (crates.io) Fixed in 0.9.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w age (crates.io) Fixed in 0.10.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w age (crates.io) Fixed in 0.11.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w rage (crates.io) Fixed in 0.7.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w rage (crates.io) Fixed in 0.8.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w rage (crates.io) Fixed in 0.9.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w rage (crates.io) Fixed in 0.10.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w rage (crates.io) Fixed in 0.11.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w
References
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