# RUSTSEC-2026-0396: \`Seekable\` reads a NULL or out-of-bounds seek table

- 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 `Seekable` component of the zstd seekable-format library (used through its Rust bindings) can read a NULL or out-of-bounds seek table, which can crash the program or return data from a previously loaded buffer after a failed re-initialization. Applications that use seekable zstd decompression to access compressed data by offset or frame index are affected.

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

## Affected

- zstd-safe (crates.io): from 7.2.2, fixed in 8.2.0

## Description

`Seekable` did not record whether it was initialized. On a fresh `Seekable`, or one whose `init_buff()` failed, `decompress`, `offset_to_frame_index` and `frame_decompressed_size` made the C library read a NULL seek table. After a failed re-initialization, `decompress` returned data from the refused buffer using the previous seek table. Separately, `frame_decompressed_size(num_frames())`, on `Seekable` and `SeekTable`, read one entry past the end of the seek table. The flaw was corrected by refusing to use a `Seekable` until an initialization succeeded, and by checking the frame index.

## 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-2026-0396.html
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/commit/a9626069d6f2e90b782b8f627f57a361cfe8ef85
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/pull/384

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