Description
please (aka pleaser) through 0.5.4 allows privilege escalation through the TIOCSTI and/or TIOCLINUX ioctl. (If both TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX are disabled, this cannot be exploited.)
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | rust-pleaser | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | pleaser | <= 0.5.4 | — | GHSA-cgf8-h3fp-h956 |
| crates.io | pleaser | >= 0.0.0-0 | — | RUSTSEC-2023-0066 |