# RUSTSEC-2026-0398: \`Seekable::decompress\` sets a \`Vec\` length beyond its capacity for offsets past the end

- 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 `zstd` crate, specifically its seekable-archive decompression feature (`Seekable::decompress`), is affected. An attacker who supplies a crafted archive or chooses the read offset can make the caller's buffer report a length larger than its allocated memory, which can leak nearby heap contents or corrupt memory when the buffer is written to, and can also hang the call.

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## Affected

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

## Description

`ZSTD_seekable_decompress` shortens the requested length to the end of the data without checking that the offset is before it. For an offset past the end, it returns a wrapped-around length without writing anything, and `Seekable::decompress` passed that length to `Vec::set_len`. With the `seekable` feature, whoever supplies the archive, or chooses the offset, can leave the caller's `Vec<u8>` with a length far beyond its capacity. Reading it then discloses neighbouring heap memory, and appending to it corrupts memory. Offsets near `u64::MAX` can also hang the call. The flaw was corrected by clamping requests to the end of the data, and by checking every count reported by the C library against the buffer capacity.

## 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-2026-0398.html
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/commit/80506be743fae2ed0c2fe8b21c374c6a2eab0be7
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/pull/384

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