# CVE-2025-68705: RustFS Path Traversal Vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-PQ29-69JG-9MXC
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.0.0-alpha.79
- Published: 2026-01-07 · Updated: 2026-01-07

## Affected

- rustfs: from 1.0.0-alpha.13, fixed in 1.0.0-alpha.79
- rustfs (crates.io): from 1.0.0-alpha.13, fixed in 1.0.0-alpha.79

## Description

RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. In versions 1.0.0-alpha.13 to 1.0.0-alpha.78, RustFS contains a path traversal vulnerability in the /rustfs/rpc/read_file_stream endpoint. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.0-alpha.79.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rustfs, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0-alpha.79) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/security/advisories/GHSA-pq29-69jg-9mxc
- https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/commit/ab752458ce431c6397175d167beee2ea00507d3e
- https://github.com/imjdl/CVE-2025-68705

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