Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Cargo and Rust Programming Language - CVE-2022-46176
Published: January 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU71491
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46176
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The Rust Programming Language
Rust Team
Rust Team
Affected software:
Cargo
Rust Programming Language
Cargo
Rust Programming Language
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to Cargo does not perform SSH host key verification when cloning indexes and dependencies via SSH. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-46176
Install updates from vendor's website.