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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Cargo can be coerced to share credentials between registries | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-647 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: rust
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-25T08:54:56.348Z
Reserved: 2026-03-31T12:07:40.168Z
Link: CVE-2026-5222
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