Honestly, cargo could flag crates with known CVEs, be a better package manager.
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2025
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Does this affect GNU tar, or Busybox tar, or BSD tar?
The title seems like a stupid attack on open source.. Because closed source abandonware is not a security issue??
At least open source projects can be forked and updated, a closed source system would leave you with only the option of choosing between the software or security.