Rust rustles up fix for 10/10 critical command injection bug on Windows

April 10, 2024 at 09:20AM A critical vulnerability CVE-2024-24576 in Rust’s standard library can lead to malicious command injections on Windows. Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands by bypassing the escaping of arguments passed to the spawned process. The issue, also affecting other technologies, requires updating to Rust version 1.77.2 and raises concerns about application … Read more

Critical Rust flaw enables Windows command injection attacks

April 9, 2024 at 04:24PM A critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24576, allows threat actors to exploit Rust’s standard library to execute malicious commands on Windows systems. GitHub rates this flaw with a maximum CVSS base score of 10/10. The Rust security team faced challenges in resolving the issue, prompting an urge from the White … Read more

Rust can help make software secure – but it’s no cure-all

February 8, 2024 at 02:34AM Memory-safety flaws are the primary high-severity issues for Google and Microsoft. However, they are not the top exploited vulnerabilities. Rust can reduce these flaws but not eliminate all risks, as highlighted by Horizon3.ai. While Rust prevents certain vulnerabilities, attention to complex software risks and security processes is crucial. Based on … Read more