CVE-2026-43965 - Path Traversal in build/packages/packages.toml Allows Arbitrary Directory Deletion

CVE-2026-43965 - Path Traversal in build/packages/packages.toml Allows Arbitrary Directory Deletion

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-43965
Published : June 2, 2026, 2:16 p.m. | 46 minutes ago
Description :Path traversal vulnerability in Gleam's dependency management allows arbitrary directory deletion via malicious build/packages/packages.toml content. Package keys read from build/packages/packages.toml by LocalPackages::read_from_disc are passed without validation to paths.build_packages_package(), which constructs a filesystem path by joining the project build directory with the attacker-controlled key. The resulting path is then passed to fs::delete_directory (which calls remove_dir_all). No check is performed to ensure the path remains within the intended build/packages/ directory. Both absolute paths and relative traversal sequences (e.g. ../) are accepted as package keys, allowing deletion of arbitrary directories. An attacker who can cause a victim to run gleam deps download on a project containing a malicious build/packages/packages.toml (e.g. by committing the normally-gitignored file to a repository) can cause arbitrary directories on the victim's system to be recursively deleted. This issue affects Gleam from 0.18.0-rc1 until 1.17.0.
Severity: 5.6 | MEDIUM
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