Malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities can cause arbitrary binary execution

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  "id": "689b86611e4bfb949c788118d7035f996264611c395a29bfeb0cc7d00a10ef95",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2024-0433",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities can cause arbitrary binary execution",
    "summary": "A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary binary. Such a plugin name can be provided through an attacker-controlled input 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::()`](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) (the `plugin_name` argument) - [`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::()`](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) (the `plugin_name` argument) 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",
    "evidence": "osv:RUSTSEC-2024-0433",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "age",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.6.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.7.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.8.2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.9.3",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.10.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          },
          {
            "value": "0.11.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "RUSTSEC-2024-0433",
      "aliases": [
        "GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w",
        "RUSTSEC-2024-0432",
        "RUSTSEC-2024-0433"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "SEMVER",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0.6.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.6.1"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0.7.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.7.2"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0.8.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.8.2"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0.9.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.9.3"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0.10.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.10.1"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0.11.0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.11.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "age",
            "purl": "pkg:cargo/age",
            "ecosystem": "crates.io"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "cvss": null,
            "source": "https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2024-0433.json",
            "categories": [
              "code-execution"
            ],
            "informational": null
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "affects": {
              "os": [],
              "arch": [],
              "functions": [
                "age::plugin::Identity::default_for_plugin",
                "age::plugin::Identity::from_str",
                "age::plugin::IdentityPluginV1::new",
                "age::plugin::Recipient::from_str",
                "age::plugin::RecipientPluginV1::new"
              ]
            },
            "affected_functions": null
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-12T18:00:12.403778948Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://crates.io/crates/age",
        "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0433.html",
        "https://github.com/str4d/rage/commit/703152ecfa86f27952a35b57dd525ed39396a227"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "license": "CC0-1.0"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 306429,
  "published_at": "2024-12-18T12:00:00+00:00"
}