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CVE-2021-45712

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

An issue was discovered in the rust-embed crate before 6.3.0 for Rust. A ../ directory traversal can sometimes occur in debug mode.

Affected products

• Rust-Embed Project Rust-Embed: before 6.3.0 — fixed in 6.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rust-Embed Project Rust-Embed 6.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/rust-embed/RUSTSEC-2021-0126.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0126.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/rust-embed/RUSTSEC-2021-0126.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0126.html

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