Tauri vulnerable to Regression on Filesystem Scope Checks for DotfilesGHSA-wmff-grcw-jcfm
MEDIUMFix: tauri-apps/tauri#6969GHSA-wmff-grcw-jcfm is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.8) CWE-285 vulnerability in tauri. A fix is available for tauri — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
The 1.4.0 release includes a regression on the filesystem scope check for dotfiles on Linux and macOS.
Previously dotfiles (eg. $HOME/.ssh/) were not implicitly allowed by the glob wildcard scopes (eg. $HOME/*), but a regression was introduced when a configuration option for this behavior was implemented and dotfiles were implicitly allowed.
Only Tauri applications using wildcard scopes in the fs endpoint are affected.
Only macOS and Linux systems are affected.
Patches
The regression has been patched on v1.4.1.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds at this time, users should update to v1.4.1 immediately.
References
See the original advisory for more information.
For more Information
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Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🦀crates.io | tauri | ≥ 1.4.0&&< 1.4.1 | 1.4.1cargo update -p tauri --precise 1.4.1 |
Affected Products
tauritauriDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for tauri, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update tauri to 1.4.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-wmff-grcw-jcfm 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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