CVE-2025-11233
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileDEEURUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Starting from Rust 1.87.0 and before Rust 1.89.0, the tier 3 Cygwin target (`x86_64-pc-cygwin`) didn't correctly handle path separators, causing the standard library's Path API to ignore path components separated by backslashes. Due to this, programs compiled for Cygwin that validate paths could misbehave, potentially allowing path traversal attacks or malicious filesystem operations. Rust 1.89.0 fixes the issue by handling both Win32 and Unix style paths in the standard library for the Cygwin target. While we assess the severity of this vulnerability as "medium", please note that the tier 3 Cygwin compilation target is only available when building it from source: no pre-built binaries are distributed by the Rust project, and it cannot be installed through Rustup. Unless you manually compiled the `x86_64-pc-cygwin` target you are not affected by this vulnerability. Users of the tier 1 MinGW target (`x86_64-pc-windows-gnu`) are also explicitly not affected.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 1.7–8.3
ssvc
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affected products (18)
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- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes 2.8.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9_multicluster_engine_for_kubernetes_2.8.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hardened Images RPMsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:hardened_images_rpms
- Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux Multicluster Global Hub <1.5.4≤ Multicluster Global Hub <1.5.4cert_bundDE
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1226Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen und möglicherweise Daten zu manipulieren oder Path-Traversal-Angriffe durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141864cnnvd
- https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/oT9zCvLLYkwcnnvd
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141864enisa_euvd
- https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/oT9zCvLLYkwenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/141864nvd
- https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/oT9zCvLLYkwnvd
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