CVE-2023-38497
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2023-08-04
- WeaknessCWE-278 · CWE-732
Am I affected?
Debian, Ubuntu or Red Hat sometimes backport a fix without changing the upstream version number: such a version reads « to verify », never « affected ».With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.
Description
Cargo downloads the Rust project’s dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in `~/.cargo`.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-08-0416:15CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-38497?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-38497?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · CISA-ADP · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38.x | = 38 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.72 | < 0.72.2 | 0.72.2 | NVD · CISA-ADP · OSV |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Packages
- rustAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1.66.1-2.el9_2and 14 other packages
- rustAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1.66.1-2.module_el8.8.0+3604+b9bee1fcand 14 other packages
Fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- github.comPatch
- github.comVendor Advisory
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
Sources
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-10-08
- OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
- CNACVSS 3.17.9read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 3.17.3read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-278read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-732read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.7 %2026-10-23
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
- OSVaffected packages—
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2023-08-04
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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