{"id":"GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w","aliases":["RUSTSEC-2024-0432","RUSTSEC-2024-0433"],"status":"published","title":"rage vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution","description":"A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary binary.\n\nSuch a plugin name can be provided to the `rage` CLI through an attacker-controlled recipient or identity string, or to the following `age` APIs when the `plugin` feature flag is enabled:\n- [`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::\u003cage::plugin::Identity\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::Identity::default_for_plugin`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#method.default_for_plugin)\n- [`age::plugin::IdentityPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.IdentityPluginV1.html#method.new)\n- [`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::\u003cage::plugin::Recipient\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::RecipientPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.RecipientPluginV1.html#method.new)\n\nOn UNIX systems, a directory matching `age-plugin-*` needs to exist in the working directory for the attack to succeed.\n\nThe 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 decrypting). The format is constrained by the [age-plugin](https://c2sp.org/age-plugin) protocol.\n\nAn equivalent issue was fixed in [the reference Go implementation of age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age), see advisory [GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/security/advisories/GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c).\n\nThanks to ⬡-49016 for reporting this issue.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-25"],"published":"2024-12-18T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-12T18:00:12Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","fixed_in":["0.6.1","0.7.2","0.8.2","0.9.3","0.10.1","0.11.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","fixed_in":["0.6.1","0.7.2","0.8.2","0.9.3","0.10.1","0.11.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.6.0"},{"last_affected":"0.6.0"},{"fixed":"0.6.1"}]}],"versions":["0.6.0"]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.6.0"},{"last_affected":"0.6.0"},{"fixed":"0.6.1"}]}],"versions":["0.6.0"]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.7.0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.9.0"},{"fixed":"0.9.3"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.10.0"},{"last_affected":"0.10.0"},{"fixed":"0.10.1"}]}],"versions":["0.10.0"]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.11.0"},{"last_affected":"0.11.0"},{"fixed":"0.11.1"}]}],"versions":["0.11.0"]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.7.0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.9.0"},{"fixed":"0.9.3"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.10.0"},{"last_affected":"0.10.0"},{"fixed":"0.10.1"}]}],"versions":["0.10.0"]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0.11.0"},{"last_affected":"0.11.0"},{"fixed":"0.11.1"}]}],"versions":["0.11.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.6.0"},{"fixed":"0.6.1"}]}],"versions":["0.6.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.6.0"},{"fixed":"0.6.1"}]}],"versions":["0.6.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.7.0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.9.0"},{"fixed":"0.9.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.10.0"},{"fixed":"0.10.1"}]}],"versions":["0.10.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.11.0"},{"fixed":"0.11.1"}]}],"versions":["0.11.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.7.0"},{"fixed":"0.7.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.0"},{"fixed":"0.8.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.9.0"},{"fixed":"0.9.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.10.0"},{"fixed":"0.10.1"}]}],"versions":["0.10.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.11.0"},{"fixed":"0.11.1"}]}],"versions":["0.11.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rage","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"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"age","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"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"htt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vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution","description":"A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary binary.\n\nSuch a plugin name can be provided to the `rage` CLI through an attacker-controlled recipient or identity string, or to the following `age` APIs when the `plugin` feature flag is enabled:\n- [`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::\u003cage::plugin::Identity\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::Identity::default_for_plugin`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#method.default_for_plugin)\n- [`age::plugin::IdentityPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.IdentityPluginV1.html#method.new)\n- [`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::\u003cage::plugin::Recipient\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::RecipientPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.RecipientPluginV1.html#method.new)\n\nOn UNIX systems, a directory matching `age-plugin-*` needs to exist in the working directory for the attack to succeed.\n\nThe 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 decrypting). The format is constrained by the [age-plugin](https://c2sp.org/age-plugin) protocol.\n\nAn equivalent issue was fixed in [the reference Go implementation of age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age), see advisory [GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/security/advisories/GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c).\n\nThanks to ⬡-49016 for reporting this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-18T18:21:55Z","modified":"2025-01-03T19:29:42Z","cwes":["CWE-25"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:26.167657Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-4fg7-vxc8-qx5w","title":"rage vulnerable to malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities causing arbitrary binary execution","description":"A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary binary.\n\nSuch a plugin name can be provided to the `rage` CLI through an attacker-controlled recipient or identity string, or to the following `age` APIs when the `plugin` feature flag is enabled:\n- [`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::\u003cage::plugin::Identity\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::Identity::default_for_plugin`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#method.default_for_plugin)\n- [`age::plugin::IdentityPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.IdentityPluginV1.html#method.new)\n- [`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::\u003cage::plugin::Recipient\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::RecipientPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.RecipientPluginV1.html#method.new)\n\nOn UNIX systems, a directory matching `age-plugin-*` needs to exist in the working directory for the attack to succeed.\n\nThe 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 decrypting). The format is constrained by the [age-plugin](https://c2sp.org/age-plugin) protocol.\n\nAn equivalent issue was fixed in [the reference Go implementation of age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age), see advisory [GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/security/advisories/GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c).\n\nThanks to ⬡-49016 for reporting this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-18T18:21:55Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:21.295792603Z","cwes":["CWE-25"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:36.782754Z"},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2024-0432","title":"Malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities can cause arbitrary binary execution","description":"A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary\nbinary.\n\nSuch a plugin name can be provided to the `rage` CLI through an attacker-controlled\nrecipient or identity string, or an attacker-controlled plugin name via the `-j` flag.\n\nOn UNIX systems, a directory matching `age-plugin-*` needs to exist in the working\ndirectory for the attack to succeed.\n\nThe binary is executed with a single flag, either `--age-plugin=recipient-v1` or\n`--age-plugin=identity-v1`. The standard input includes the recipient or identity string,\nand the random file key (if encrypting) or the header of the file (if decrypting). The\nformat is constrained by the [age-plugin](https://c2sp.org/age-plugin) protocol.\n\nAn equivalent issue was fixed in [the reference Go implementation of age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age),\nsee advisory [GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/security/advisories/GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c).\n\nThanks to ⬡-49016 for reporting this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-18T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-12T18:00:02.665971455Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:39.971022Z"},{"id":"RUSTSEC-2024-0433","title":"Malicious plugin names, recipients, or identities can cause arbitrary binary execution","description":"A plugin name containing a path separator may allow an attacker to execute an arbitrary\nbinary.\n\nSuch a plugin name can be provided through an attacker-controlled input to the following\n`age` APIs when the `plugin` feature flag is enabled:\n- [`age::plugin::Identity::from_str`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#impl-FromStr-for-Identity)\n  (or equivalently [`str::parse::\u003cage::plugin::Identity\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::Identity::default_for_plugin`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Identity.html#method.default_for_plugin)\n- [`age::plugin::IdentityPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.IdentityPluginV1.html#method.new)\n  (the `plugin_name` argument)\n- [`age::plugin::Recipient::from_str`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.Recipient.html#impl-FromStr-for-Recipient)\n  (or equivalently [`str::parse::\u003cage::plugin::Recipient\u003e()`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/core/primitive.str.html#method.parse))\n- [`age::plugin::RecipientPluginV1::new`](https://docs.rs/age/0.11.0/age/plugin/struct.RecipientPluginV1.html#method.new)\n  (the `plugin_name` argument)\n\nOn UNIX systems, a directory matching `age-plugin-*` needs to exist in the working\ndirectory for the attack to succeed.\n\nThe binary is executed with a single flag, either `--age-plugin=recipient-v1` or\n`--age-plugin=identity-v1`. The standard input includes the recipient or identity string,\nand the random file key (if encrypting) or the header of the file (if decrypting). The\nformat is constrained by the [age-plugin](https://c2sp.org/age-plugin) protocol.\n\nAn equivalent issue was fixed in [the reference Go implementation of age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age),\nsee advisory [GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c](https://github.com/FiloSottile/age/security/advisories/GHSA-32gq-x56h-299c).\n\nThanks to ⬡-49016 for reporting this issue.","status":"published","published":"2024-12-18T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-12T18:00:12.403778948Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:39.971022Z"}]}}