> USN-8168-1: Rust vulnerability
[DATE: 13/04/2026 12:35]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
It was discovered that tar-rs embedded in rustc 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.