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Vulnerability disclosure

Malicious registry crates can overwrite dependency source

CVE-2026-5223

Affected product
Cargo
Severity
Medium
CVSS
Not scored
Weakness
CWE-61
Published

Disclosure summary

Cantina identified and human-verified this vulnerability in Cargo. The finding was coordinated with the affected maintainer through responsible disclosure before publication.

Malicious registry crates can overwrite dependency source.

Verification standard

Cantina publishes a disclosure only after reproducing the behavior, validating its security impact, and coordinating remediation with the affected project.