The vulnerability, which carries a perfect 10 base severity score, is tracked as CVE-2024-24576. It affects the Rust standard library, which was found to be improperly escaping arguments when invoking batch files on Windows using the Command API.

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      8 months ago

      But nothing is so secure that it automatically fixes all design flaws in everything it interacts with.

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        8 months ago

        Absolutely. I merely suggested a contributing factor to answer why media coverage seems so focused on Rust.