CVE-2026-5223 Affecting cargo-c package, versions <0.10.23-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-CARGOC-17662896
  • published29 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 May 2026

Introduced: 25 May 2026

CVE-2026-5223  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest cargo-c to version 0.10.23-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cargo-c package and not the cargo-c package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1