{
"id": "GHSA-rgqc-3x5p-6gwg",
"aliases": [],
"details": "A malicious or compromised server can return a binary `hstore` value with an\ninvalid internal length field, causing the client to panic while decoding it.\n\nApplications that connect only to a trusted database are not exposed; the risk\napplies to clients that may connect to untrusted or user-supplied servers, or\nwhose connection can be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle.",
"summary": "postgres-protocol: Panic decoding a malformed `hstore` value allows denial of service",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.6.12"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "postgres-protocol",
"ecosystem": "crates.io"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-08-24T19:47:49Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V4",
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
}
],
"published": "2026-08-24T19:47:49Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/commit/a7cf84b5c46431cbca9d8ff50508c23f446efa7d",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/releases/tag/postgres-protocol-v0.6.12",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0180.html",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-248"
],
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-24T19:47:49Z"
}
}