GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-3gjw-f78c-vvpw tokio-postgres: Panic on a `DataRow` with fewer fields than columns allows denial of service

MEDIUM Published 2026-08-24 Modified 2026-08-24 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
tokio-postgres
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
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
Weaknesses
CWE-125
Reviewed
2026-08-24

Affected packages

• crates.io tokio-postgres: >= 0.4.0, < 0.7.18 → fixed in 0.7.18

Description

A malicious or compromised server can send a row containing fewer fields than its row description declares columns. Reading one of the missing columns then panics with an out-of-bounds index, aborting the calling task. This affects even the otherwise non-panicking `try_get`, and both `Row` and `SimpleQueryRow`. Applications that connect only to a trusted database are not exposed; the risk applies to clients that may connect to untrusted or user-supplied servers, or whose connection can be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References