# RUSTSEC-2026-0399: Use-after-free through \`init\_using\_cdict\` and \`init\_using\_ddict\`

- 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` bindings (zstd-rs) are affected through the experimental, deprecated `init_using_cdict` and `init_using_ddict` methods. A dictionary can be freed while a compression or decompression context still points to it, which can cause memory corruption or crashes.

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

## Affected

- zstd-safe (crates.io): from 3.0.0, fixed in 8.2.0

## Description

`CCtx::init_using_cdict` and `DCtx::init_using_ddict` (`experimental` feature, deprecated) took the dictionary as `&CDict<'b>` and `&DDict<'b>` with only `'b: 'a`, so the dictionary itself could be dropped while the context still pointed at it. The same mistake in other constructors was fixed earlier (<https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/issues/365>). The flaw was corrected by taking `&'a CDict<'b>` and `&'a DDict<'b>`.

## What to do

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## References

- https://crates.io/crates/zstd-safe
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0399.html
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/commit/e00e7928e3e98953fc43418af6d73f6aae2378fb
- https://github.com/gyscos/zstd-rs/pull/384

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