Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-5223
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 21.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
Products affected by CVE-2026-5223
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.26.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.27.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.28.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.29.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.30.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.31.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.31.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.32.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.33.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.34.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.35.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.36.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.37.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.38.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.39.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.40.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.41.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.42.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.43.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.43.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.44.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.44.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.45.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.46.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.46.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.47.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.49.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.50.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.50.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.51.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.52.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.53.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.54.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.55.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.56.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.57.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.58
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.58.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.59.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.60.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.61.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.61.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.62.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.63.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.63.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.64.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.65.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.66.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.67.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.67.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.68.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.69.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.69.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.70.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.70.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.71.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.72.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.72.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.72.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:cargo:0.9.0