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CVE-2024-24576

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-24576 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the Rust standard library on Windows, specifically when invoking batch files with untrusted arguments. An attacker can bypass argument escaping in Rust versions prior to 1.77.2 to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness, though no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.77.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2034 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
fedoravendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-24576Low

rust: Fail to Escape Arguments Properly in Microsoft Windows

Apr 9, 2024
microsoft2024-Apr/CVE-2024-24576Critical

Rusts's `std::process::Command` did not properly escape arguments of batch files on Windows

Apr 9, 2024

References

kb.cert.org / vuls/id/123335
Third Party Advisory
doc.rust-lang.org / std/io/enum.ErrorKind.html
Technical Description
doc.rust-lang.org / std/os/windows/process/trait.CommandExt.html
Technical Description
doc.rust-lang.org / std/process/struct.Command.html
Technical Description
doc.rust-lang.org / std/process/struct.Command.html
Technical Description
doc.rust-lang.org / std/process/struct.Command.html
Technical Description
github.com / rust-lang/rust/issues
Issue Tracking
github.com / rust-lang/rust/security/advisories/GHSA-q455-m56c-85mh
MitigationVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/N323QAEEUVTJ354BTVQ7UB6LYXUX2BCL
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/RPH3PF7DVSS2LVIRLW254VWUPVKJN46P
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/W7WRFOIAZXYUPGXGR5UEEW7VTTOD4SZ3
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
rust-lang.org / policies/security
Technical Description
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2024/04/09/16
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory