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TI-2026-32892 Aliases CVE-2026-45041

RustFS: Hard-coded RSA private key in license verifier permits arbitrary license forgery

Priority HIGH 77CWE-321Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-321.

Summary

RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-beta.2, crates/appauth/src/token.rs ships a 2048-bit RSA private key as a string constant named TEST_PRIVATE_KEY and uses it in production via parse_license() to "verify" license tokens. Because the key is embedded in every published source release and binary, anyone who can read the repository or extract it from the binary can mint arbitrary license tokens (any subject, any expiration). When the license Cargo feature is enabled, this defeats the entire license-enforcement mechanism. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0-beta.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00239 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed rustfs (rustfs): 1.0.0-beta.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rustfsrustfsbefore 1.0.0-beta.21.0.0-beta.2Patch availableCNA
  • rustfs Vendorrustfs Affected before 1.0.0-beta.2 Fixed in 1.0.0-beta.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rustfs:rustfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——rustfs
  • cpe:2.3:a:rustfs:rustfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·rustfs

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA rustfs (rustfs) Fixed in 1.0.0-beta.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45041

References

Other 1

  • TI-2025-42382 RustFS has a gRPC Hardcoded Token Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-32895 RustFS: Authentication bypass in /profile/cpu and /profile/memory allows unauthenticated access to profiling handlers CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-42176 RustFS Path Traversal Vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-36822 RustFS Snowball Auto-Extract: Path Traversal allows cross-bucket object injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-32894 RustFS: ImportIam Allows Creation of Backdoor Service Accounts Under Any Parent Including Root CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-17564 RustFS sourceIp bypass via spoofed X-Forwarded-For/Real-IP headers CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
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