CVE-2018-1000622

HIGH

Rust Programming Language rustdoc <1.27.0 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0080
EPSS Percentile 73.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-427
Status published

Affected Products (1)

rust-lang/rust < 1.27.0

Timeline

Published Jul 09, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026