Description
The archive validator could accept certain malformed relative pointers and
invalid `ArchivedHashTable` states. In particular, the hash table verifier did
not ensure that the number of occupied buckets matched the table's declared
length.
A crafted archive could pass the checks performed by the safe `rkyv::access`
and `rkyv::from_bytes` APIs and then cause an out-of-bounds read in later
validation, lookup, or deserialization. Depending on the input, this could
perform scalar or SIMD reads outside the archive buffer or crash the process.
Version 0.8.17 strengthens archive range validation and rejects hash tables
whose number of occupied buckets does not match their declared length. Users
who process untrusted archives should upgrade to 0.8.17 or later.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | rkyv | >= 0.8.0-rc.1, < 0.8.17 | 0.8.17 | RUSTSEC-2026-0234 |
References
- https://crates.io/crates/rkyv package
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0234.html advisory
- https://github.com/rkyv/rkyv/issues/663 report
- https://github.com/rkyv/rkyv/issues/664 report
- https://github.com/rkyv/rkyv/issues/665 report
- https://github.com/rkyv/rkyv/issues/669 report
- https://github.com/rkyv/rkyv/commit/3c9d07fbff5949261bef38d00ab160b129bd9d3a web
- https://github.com/rkyv/rkyv/commit/57086e1c7f417d0360c7045905db3b3d8e30f866 web