# RUSTSEC-2026-0397: \`OutBuffer::around\_pos\` exposes uninitialized memory

- 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 affected software is the Rust `OutBuffer` component used for streaming data processing, where `OutBuffer::around_pos` could be called with a position beyond the buffer's initialized length. The flaw could let safe code read leftover, uninitialized heap memory, potentially exposing sensitive data from earlier program activity.

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

## Affected

- zstd-safe (crates.io): from 4.0.0, fixed in 8.2.0

## Description

`OutBuffer::around_pos` accepted a position past the initialized length of a `Vec<u8>`. The next streaming call then marked everything before the position as initialized, so safe code could read stale heap memory between the vector's previous length and that position. The flaw was corrected by zero-filling that gap.

## What to do

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## References

- https://crates.io/crates/zstd-safe
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0397.html
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/commit/5827de2459b8ac430e87e860f00c7f3c13023833
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/pull/384

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