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.

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Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gleam
Gleam gleam
Vendors & Products Gleam
Gleam gleam

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Path Traversal in build/packages/packages.toml Allows Arbitrary Directory Deletion
First Time appeared Gleam-lang
Gleam-lang gleam
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gleam-lang:gleam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gleam-lang
Gleam-lang gleam
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: EEF

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-02T15:08:13.970Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T18:23:25.573Z

Link: CVE-2026-43965

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T15:07:19.180Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-02T14:16:54.053

Modified: 2026-06-02T16:16:40.897

Link: CVE-2026-43965

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T15:45:06Z

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