---
id: CVE-2025-68705
title: RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust
summary: >-
  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 versio…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: rustfs
product: rustfs
affected:
  - rustfs = 1.0.0
published: '2026-01-07'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T19:10:00.297'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68705'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/commit/ab752458ce431c6397175d167beee2ea00507d3e
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs/security/advisories/GHSA-pq29-69jg-9mxc'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.07261
epssPercentile: 0.94259
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/imjdl/CVE-2025-68705'
  checkedAt: '2026-10-14T19:50:33.269Z'
exploitAvailable: true
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T19:49:57.558Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `rustfs = 1.0.0`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.