CVE-2026-5223EPSS p21.8%

CVE-2026-5223CVE-2026-5223

rust-lang / cargo

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.3 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS0.29% probability of exploitation · percentile 21.8% · 2026-08-03T12:00:16Z
Last modified2026-07-23

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