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TI-2023-30801 Aliases GHSA-ghc8-5cgm-5rpf

Inventory fails to prohibit standard library access prior to initialization of Rust standard library runtime

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

Affected versions allow arbitrary caller-provided code to execute before the lifetime of `main`. If the caller-provided code accesses particular pieces of the standard library that require an initialized Rust runtime, such as `std::io` or `std::thread`, these may not behave as documented. Panics are likely; UB is possible. The flaw was corrected by enforcing that only code written within the `inventory` crate, which is guaranteed not to access runtime-dependent parts of the standard library, runs before `main`. Caller-provided code is restricted to running at compile time.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed inventory (crates.io): 0.2.0

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—inventory (crates.io)before 0.2.00.2.0Patch availableGHSA-ghc8-5cgm-5rpf
  • inventory (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.0 Fixed in 0.2.0 Patch available GHSA-ghc8-5cgm-5rpf

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-ghc8-5cgm-5rpf inventory (crates.io) Fixed in 0.2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-ghc8-5cgm-5rpf

References

Sources

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