Users vulnerable to unaligned read of *const *const c_char pointer
What to do
Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.
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.
Affected packages
crates.io users
- Affected
- <= 0.11.0
- Fixed in
- no fixed version recorded
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database and maintainer security advisories on GitHub
GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-jcr6-4frq-9gjj lists affected ranges: crates.io users >=0 <=0.11.0
VerifiedObserved Structured GitHub Advisory Database record (type=reviewed) from the GitHub REST API.
Severity and exploitation
- Exploitation
- No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
- CVSS
- not scored
- EPSS
- No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description
As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.
Affected versions dereference a potentially unaligned pointer. The pointer is commonly unaligned in practice, resulting in undefined behavior. In some build modes, this is observable as a panic followed by abort. In other build modes the UB may manifest in some other way, including the possibility of working correctly in some architectures. The crate is not currently maintained, so a patched version is not available. Recommended alternatives - uzers (an actively maintained fork of the users crate) - sysinfo
Dates and revisions
- Published by the source
- Last modified by the source
- Source last checked
- Revision 1 · created ·
Published from ghsa record GHSA-jcr6-4frq-9gjj
Agent brief
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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-jcr6-4frq-9gjj Advisory: Users vulnerable to unaligned read of `*const *const c_char` pointer IDs: GHSA-jcr6-4frq-9gjj Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/ghsa-jcr6-4frq-9gjj (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:37 UTC) Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected. Severity: Unrated Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV. Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed. ## Affected components - crates.io users: affected <= 0.11.0 ## Suggested inspection (read-only) - crates.io users: check the installed version with your package manager. ## Supported action No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything. ## Required regression checks - Run the test suite and a production build. - Exercise the features that depend on users. - 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-jcr6-4frq-9gjj (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-jcr6-4frq-9gjj lists affected ranges: crates.io users >=0 <=0.11.0) Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.
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