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  - tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. In versions 0.4.44 and below, when unpacking a     tar archive, the tar crate's unpack_dir function uses fs::metadata() to check whether a path that already     exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata() follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball containing a     symlink entry followed by a directory entry with the same name causes the crate to treat the symlink     target as a valid existing directory  and subsequently apply chmod to it. This allows an attacker to     modify the permissions of arbitrary directories outside the extraction root. This issue has been fixed in     version 0.4.45. (CVE-2026-33056)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-33056

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Version 1.2 Mar 21, 2026, 5:11 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-33056, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202603211711
Version 1.1 Mar 21, 2026, 9:15 AM New Plugin Feed: 202603210915