Security Advisory for Cargo (CVE-2026-5223)

CVE-2026-5223 is a Cargo vulnerability where symlinks in third-party crate tarballs can override other crates' source code.

• •Malicious crate tarballs can extract files one level below the cache directory to override other cached crates
• •crates.io users are unaffected since the registry forbids symlink uploads
• •Rust 1.96.0 (releasing May 28, 2026) will reject all symlinks in crate tarballs
• •All Cargo versions before 1.96.0 are affected; users should audit registries for symlinks

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