Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting cargo-audit package, versions <0.22.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-CARGOAUDIT-17759098
  • published1 Jul 2026
  • disclosed26 May 2026

Introduced: 26 May 2026

CVE-2026-40034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard cargo-audit to version 0.22.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cargo-audit package and not the cargo-audit package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

gix-submodule before 0.29.0 (gitoxide before 0.5.21, gix before 0.84.0) incorrectly validates the update field in .gitmodules, allowing attackers to bypass the CommandForbiddenInModulesConfiguration guard when a submodule has been initialized with only partial configuration in .git/config. An attacker can inject arbitrary shell commands via the update field in .gitmodules that will be executed when Submodule::update() is called on a previously-initialized submodule, enabling remote code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1