TARmageddon Flaw in Async-Tar Rust Library Could Enable Remote Code Execution
23.10.2025
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High-severity TARmageddon flaw (CVE-2025-62518) in Rust's async-tar libraries enables remote code execution via header parsing bug.
🚨 TARmageddon: Rust's async-tar library has a critical RCE flaw that's about to ruin your day
High-severity TARmageddon flaw (CVE-2025-62518) in Rust's async-tar libraries enables remote code execution through a header parsing vulnerability that could let attackers run arbitrary code on affected systems.
Published October 22, 2025 by Ravie Lakshmanan - this isn't just another vulnerability, it's a full-blown TARmageddon that could compromise systems using Rust's popular async-tar crate for archive handling.
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