{"id":"GHSA-rgqc-3x5p-6gwg","summary":"postgres-protocol: Panic decoding a malformed `hstore` value allows denial of service","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.","aliases":["RUSTSEC-2026-0180"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:51:14.529550977Z","published":"2026-08-24T19:47:49Z","database_specific":{"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-08-24T19:47:49Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-20","CWE-248"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres/commit/a7cf84b5c46431cbca9d8ff50508c23f446efa7d"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/rust-postgres/rust-postgres"},{"type":"WEB","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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"postgres-protocol","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/postgres-protocol"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.6.12"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-rgqc-3x5p-6gwg/GHSA-rgqc-3x5p-6gwg.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","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"}]}