CVE-2026-5222 (GCVE-0-2026-5222)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-25 08:54 – Updated: 2026-05-26 14:43
VLAI
Title
Cargo can be coerced to share credentials between registries
Summary
Cargo between 1.68 and 1.96 incorrectly normalized the URLs of third-party registries using the sparse index protocol. If a hosting provider allowed multiple registries to be hosted with arbitrary names within the same domain, an attacker able to publish crates in a registry could obtain the credentials of others users of the same registry. The severity of the vulnerability is **low**, due to the extremely niche requirements needed to achieve the attack.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-647 - Use of Non-Canonical URL paths for authorization decisions
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-ann… | vendor-advisorymailing-list |
| https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/25/cve-2026-5222/ | vendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/17031 | patch |
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