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CVE-2021-45712

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45712 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting the rust-embed crate prior to version 6.3.0, specifically occurring in debug mode. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially access sensitive information due to a high-severity CVSS score of 7.5. While the vulnerability has a high severity rating, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rust-embed_project:rust-embed:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rust-embedFixed in: 6.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-xrg3-hmf3-rvgwhigh

Path Traversal in rust-embed

Jan 6, 2022

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/rust-embed/RUSTSEC-2021-0126.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory
rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0126.html
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory