# RUSTSEC-2026-0395: Use-after-free with \`CParameter::StableInBuffer\`

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.2.0
- Published: 2026-10-16 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

The Rust bindings for the zstd compression library (the `zstd-safe` crate) are affected when the experimental `StableInBuffer` option is enabled, and so is the underlying C zstd library, whether bundled or linked from the system. Memory that was already freed by the program can end up in compressed output, which could expose unrelated data from the program's memory.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- zstd-safe (crates.io): from 4.1.0, fixed in 8.2.0

## Description

With `CParameter::StableInBuffer(true)` (`experimental` feature), the C library keeps a pointer to the input of one streaming call and reads from it in later calls, including `flush_stream` and `end_stream`, which take no input. An `InBuffer` only borrows its slice for one call, so safe code could free it in between, and freed memory was compressed into the frame. The C library behaves this way since zstd 1.5.4, whether bundled or linked from the system. The flaw was corrected by refusing to enable the parameter.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zstd-safe, upgrade to a fixed version (8.2.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://crates.io/crates/zstd-safe
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0395.html
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/commit/53a8a290d8cfb52ff5b29fb6e04a40b5a174cc65
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/pull/384

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