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RUSTSEC-2026-0001

Published Jan 5, 2026·Last modified Jan 6, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

The SharedPointer::alloc implementation for sync::Arc<T> and rc::Rc<T> in rkyv/src/impls/alloc/rc/atomic.rs (and rc.rs) does not check if the allocator returns a null pointer on OOM (Out of Memory).

This null pointer can flow through to SharedPointer::from_value, which calls Box::from_raw(ptr) with the null pointer. This triggers undefined behavior when utilizing safe deserialization APIs (such as rkyv::from_bytes or rkyv::deserialize_using) if an OOM condition occurs during the allocation of the shared pointer.

The issue is reachable through safe code and violates Rust's safety guarantees.

Risk Scores
Base Score
0.0

Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.

Threat Intelligence
0.0

No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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