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TI-2021-08552 Aliases CVE-2021-26953GHSA-fhvc-gp6c-h2wx

An issue was discovered in the postscript crate before 0.14.0 for Rust.

Priority LOW 36CWE-908Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-908 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the postscript crate before 0.14.0 for Rust. It might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a user-provided Read implementation.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01508 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed postscript (crates.io): 0.14.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—postscript (crates.io)before 0.14.00.14.0Patch availableGHSA-fhvc-gp6c-h2wx
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • postscript (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.14.0 Fixed in 0.14.0 Patch available GHSA-fhvc-gp6c-h2wx

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:postscript_project:postscript:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*before 0.14.0VulnerablePostscript Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:postscript_project:postscript:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 0.14.0 Vulnerable ·Postscript Project

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-fhvc-gp6c-h2wx postscript (crates.io) Fixed in 0.14.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-26953
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fhvc-gp6c-h2wx

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

Sources

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