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High ALAS2-2026-3971 1 CVE

Important: rust security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Oct 12, 2026 · Updated Oct 12, 2026

Ecosystem: Amazon Linux

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-100419: gitoxide gix-fs before 0.23.0 contains a path validation bypass vulnerability in the worktree checkout mechanism that allows attackers to escape the worktree directory via symlink manipulation. During forced checkout with overwrite_existing enabled, attackers can craft malicious repository trees where symlink entries replace validated directories, causing subsequent files to be written outside the worktree through the symlink for code execution or file manipulation.

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 cargo 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 clippy 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-analyzer 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-debugger-common 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-doc 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-gdb 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-src 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-std-static 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-toolset 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rust-toolset-srpm-macros 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 rustfmt 0:1.98.1-1.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.0
    CVE-2026-100419

    gitoxide gix-fs before 0.23.0 Worktree Escape via Symlink

    gitoxide gix-fs before 0.23.0 contains a path validation bypass vulnerability in the worktree checkout mechanism that allows attackers to escape the worktree directory via symlink manipulation. During forced checkout with overwrite_existing enabled, attackers…

    GitoxideLabs gitoxide rust rust-gix-fs Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-100419.html