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GHSA-6g2r-675j-hx59 xxhash-rust: Safe xxh3 custom-secret API accepts too-short secret in release

LOW Published 2026-10-02 Modified 2026-10-02 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
xxhash-rust
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125
Reviewed
2026-10-02

Affected packages

• crates.io xxhash-rust: < 0.8.16 → fixed in 0.8.16

Description

I have a minimized safe Rust witness for xxhash-rust 0.8.15. Safe public route: xxhash_rust::xxh3::xxh3_64_with_secret(&[0x41], &[]) The caller-side harness contains no unsafe code. Under release execution, the internal minimum custom-secret length predicate is enforced only by debug_assert!. Release-Miri reports construction of a fixed-width reference beyond the empty secret allocation. Observed diagnostic: Undefined Behavior: constructing invalid value of type &[u8; 4]: encountered a dangling reference Local repair evidence: handling custom-secret slices shorter than the internal minimum before fixed-width secret reads makes the same safe short-secret harness pass under Linux release-Miri. Local artifacts: • vulnerable log: artifacts/logs/W-4332_xxhash_rust_short_secret_miri_release_linux_001.log • repair log: artifacts/logs/differentials/W-4332_xxhash_rust_local_repair_miri_release_linux_001.log • report: artifacts/reports/W-4332_xxhash_rust_short_secret_report.md

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References