TARmageddon Vulnerability In Rust Library Let Attackers Replace Config Files And Execute Remote Codes

A severe vulnerability in the async-tar Rust library and its popular forks, including the widely used tokio-tar. Dubbed TARmageddon and tracked as CVE-2025-62518, the bug carries a CVSS score of 8.1, classifying it as high severity. It allows attackers to manipulate TAR archive parsing, potentially overwriting critical files like configuration scripts and triggering remote code […]

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