How severe is CVE-2025-68705?

No CVSS score has been assigned to CVE-2025-68705 yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2025-68705?

CVE-2025-68705 affects the following packages: rustfs (crates.io). Ecosystems affected: crates.io.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68705?

Update rustfs to 1.0.0-alpha.79 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-68705 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2025-68705 in my crates.io dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for rustfs, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2025-68705 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against CVE-2025-68705?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2025-68705 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is CVE-2025-68705 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for CVE-2025-68705 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-68705?

CVE-2025-68705 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 7.4%, placing it in the 94th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2025-68705?

CVE-2025-68705 is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation. This is a high-impact weakness class that often enables remote code execution or data exposure.

When was CVE-2025-68705 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2025-68705 was published on January 7, 2026 and was last updated on August 12, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

🦀 crates.io

Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2025-68705 — rustfs

Fix: rustfs/rustfs@ab75245

CVE-2025-68705 is a Path Traversal vulnerability in rustfs. A fix is available for rustfs — see the affected versions and patch details below.

RustFS Path Traversal Vulnerability

Also known asGHSA-pq29-69jg-9mxc

Published

Jan 7, 2026

Updated

Aug 12, 2026

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Sep 20, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Proof-of-concept exploit code exists

CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-68705.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

7.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs94th percentile — riskier than 94% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

🦀rustfs

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

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.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🦀crates.io	`rustfs`	≥ 1.0.0-alpha.13&&< 1.0.0-alpha.79	1.0.0-alpha.79`cargo update -p rustfs --precise 1.0.0-alpha.79`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for rustfs, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update rustfs to 1.0.0-alpha.79 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-68705 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2025-68705 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2025-68705. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

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