rustc — security advisory
The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.
- Products
- rustc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.27.1+dfsg1-1~exp1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000622
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Rust Programming Language rustdoc version Between 0.8 and 1.27.0 contains a CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in rustdoc plugins that can result in local code execution as a different user. This attack appear to be exploitable via using the --plugin flag without the --plugin-path flag. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.27.1.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000622
rustc
Fixed versions: 1.27.1+dfsg1-1~exp1
rustc
Fixed versions: 1.27.1+dfsg1-1~exp1
rustc
Fixed versions: 1.27.1+dfsg1-1~exp1
Complete source record
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