The article discusses a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability, named TARmageddon (CVE-2025-62518), found in the async-tar Rust library and its forks, notably tokio-tar, which appears to be unmaintained. It highlights the challenges of dealing with abandoned open-source projects, as the vulnerability's widespread impact necessitated a decentralized disclosure process for patching affected projects. Suggested remediation includes upgrading to patched forks or removing the dependency altogether.

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