Symlink Attack Affecting astral-tokio-tar package, versions <0.6.1
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- published28 Apr 2026
- disclosed27 Apr 2026
- creditLawnGnome
Introduced: 27 Apr 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade astral-tokio-tar to version 0.6.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the unpack_in function. An attacker can modify permissions of directories outside the intended extraction hierarchy by crafting a malicious tar archive containing symlinks that point to external directories.