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> USN-8139-1: cargo-c vulnerability

[SOURCE] Ubuntu Security Notices [DATE: 01/04/2026 13:44] [LANGUAGE: EN]
It was discovered that tar-rs embedded in cargo-c incorrectly handled symlinks when unpacking a tar archive. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted tar archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to modify permissions of arbitrary directories outside the extraction root, and possibly escalate privileges.
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