Cargo prior to Rust 1.26.0 may download the wrong dependency

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.013, the 69th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC First seen by agentprime
2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x
• OSV: GHSA-9f3p-wvj7-q82x
• github.com/rust-lang/rust/security/advisories/GHSA-phjm-8x66-qw4r
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16760
• gist.github.com/pietroalbini/0d293b24a44babbeb6187e06eebd4992
• groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rustlang-security-announcements/rVQ5e3TDnpQ
• groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/rVQ5e3TDnpQ
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/08/3

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.