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The tar-rs vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-33056, affects versions 0.4.44 and below of the Rust tar crate. Microsoft flagged this issue because the unpack_in function can follow symlinks during archive extraction, allowing a malicious tarball to change permissions on arbitrary directories outside the intended extraction root. This turns routine archive extraction into a security risk with implications beyond the extraction directory. The flaw was fixed in version 0.4.45. Discussions on WindowsForum highlight the subtle but important nature of the bug, emphasizing that symlink handling in tar-rs can be exploited to alter directory permissions on unintended targets. Users are advised to upgrade to 0.4.45 or later to mitigate the risk.
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    CVE-2026-33056 tar-rs Symlink chmod Bug: Upgrade tar 0.4.45

    Microsoft has flagged CVE-2026-33056 as a tar-rs vulnerability that can let unpack_in chmod arbitrary directories by following symlinks, turning what should be a routine archive-extraction operation into a permissions-changing bug with security implications far beyond the extraction root. The...
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