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Critical, CVSS 9.8

Out of bounds write in nalgebra

CVE-2021-38190GHSA-3w8g-xr3f-2mp8

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (nalgebra 0.27.1), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • crates.io nalgebra

    Affected
    >= 0.11.0, < 0.27.1
    Fixed in
    0.27.1

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2021-38190: 1.41% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 72.70 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

The Deserialize implementation for VecStorage did not maintain the invariant that the number of elements must equal nrows ncols. Deserialization of specially crafted inputs could allow memory access beyond allocation of the vector. This flaw was introduced in v0.11.0 (086e6e) due to the addition of an automatically derived implementation of Deserialize for MatrixVec. MatrixVec was later renamed to VecStorage in v0.16.13 (0f66403) and continued to use the automatically derived implementation of Deserialize.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-3w8g-xr3f-2mp8

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-38190

Advisory: Out of bounds write in nalgebra
IDs: CVE-2021-38190, GHSA-3w8g-xr3f-2mp8
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-38190 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:33 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: nalgebra 0.27.1. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- crates.io nalgebra: affected >= 0.11.0, < 0.27.1; fixed in 0.27.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- crates.io nalgebra: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on nalgebra.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w8g-xr3f-2mp8 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-3w8g-xr3f-2mp8 lists affected ranges: crates.io nalgebra >=0.11.0 <0.27.1)

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