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high 7.8

CVE-2021-31154 json

Permissions bypass in pleaser

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pp74-39w2-v4w9 , RUSTSEC-2021-0102 , EUVD-2021-1822

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pleaseedit in please before 0.4 uses predictable temporary filenames in /tmp and the target directory. This allows a local attacker to gain full root privileges by staging a symlink attack.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io pleaser 0.4.0
  • pleaseedit_project pleaseedit 0.4
  • rust-pleaser Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.4.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31154

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Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/18/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io pleaser
<0.4.0
>=0.0.0-0, <0.4.0
0.4.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
  • CWE-340 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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