CVE-2025-68705
Path traversal in RustFS read_file_stream endpoint allows reading server files.
Is CVE-2025-68705 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-68705 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-68705?
CVE-2025-68705 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-68705?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-68705. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-68705 affect?
CVE-2025-68705 affects RustFS 1.0.0-alpha.13 - 1.0.0-alpha.78. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-68705?
Upgrade to 1.0.0-alpha.79; verify file-access controls.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Attacker can read arbitrary server files via crafted path in read_file_stream; data exposure risk.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 1.0.0-alpha.13 and < 1.0.0-alpha.79
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.