CVE-2026-45041

Published: Mag 28, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 28, 2026
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HIGH 8,7
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A

Description

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RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to 1.0.0-beta.2, crates/appauth/src/token.rs ships a 2048-bit RSA private key as a string constant named TEST_PRIVATE_KEY and uses it in production via parse_license() to 'verify' license tokens. Because the key is embedded in every published source release and binary, anyone who can read the repository or extract it from the binary can mint arbitrary license tokens (any subject, any expiration). When the license Cargo feature is enabled, this defeats the entire license-enforcement mechanism. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0-beta.2.

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Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Draft
Abstraction: Variant Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity Read Application Data
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: ICS/OT
Likelihood of Exploit: High
View CWE Details
https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/security/advisories/GHSA-9…
https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/security/advisories/GHSA-923g-jp7v-f97f