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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-5223
Name
CVE-2026-5223
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
Cargo incorrectly handled symlinks inside of crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries, allowing a malicious crate to override the source code of another crate from the same registry. The severity of the vulnerability is **medium** for users of third-party registries. Users of crates.io are **not affected**, as crates.io forbids uploading crates containing any symlink.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
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Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
cargo
Exploitable

Vulnerability Ratings#


6.5
CVSSv4
5.3
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
yocto
master
1.96.0
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
1.75.0
Exploitable