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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2019-16760

Vendorrust-langProductrustDiscoveredSep 30, 2019UpdatedNov 21, 2024

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…

CVSS v3.1
4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS
1.26%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityLOW
IntegrityLOW
AvailabilityLOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 30, 2019
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024