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high 7.5

RUSTSEC-2026-0425 json

`nix-nar`: `Decoder::unpack` writes archive entries outside the destination directory (path traversal)

published 2026-10-30 9 d ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, OSV
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

`Decoder::unpack` does not safely contain the paths it extracts, so a malicious NAR archive can create files **outside** the destination directory — a path traversal (CWE-22).

In `src/dec.rs` (`Decoder::unpack`):

- A symlink entry's target is written without checking where it points (`src/dec.rs:153`), so the archive can create a symlink that escapes the destination directory. - The out-of-destination containment check compares path **strings** only and does not account for symlinks created earlier in the same unpack (`src/dec.rs:176-181`), before reaching the write sinks (`std::fs::create_dir` at `src/dec.rs:201` and `OpenOptions::open` at `src/dec.rs:218`). - The parser also accepts entry names containing `/` (`src/parser.rs:138-147`).

Combined, a malicious archive can include a symlink `a` pointing at an external directory and then an entry named `a/b`, causing `b` to be written to `<external>/b`, outside the destination. This can create new files anywhere the process can write (it cannot overwrite existing files), which is escalatable to code execution by planting files in attacker-chosen locations.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io nix-nar 0.6.0

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io nix-nar
>=0.0.0-0, <0.6.0
0.6.0

References

Sources

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