mediumVulnerability

GHSA-ggxf-9f6j-w742

Diesel allows loading a SQLite database from a byte buffer, represented as `&[u8]`, at runtime via the `SqliteConnection::deserialize_readonly_database` function. In previous versions of Diesel, this buffer was passed directly to libsqlite3. Since libsqlite3 requires the buffer to remain alive for as long as the database connection is open and Diesel did not ensure this as part of its safe API, callers of `SqliteConnection::deserialize_readonly_database` could drop the buffer prematurely. This prematurely drop caused libsqlite3 to operate on freed memory. This vulnerability affects users of `SqliteConnection::deserialize_readonly_database` who drop the buffer passed to the function before they drop the database connection. ## Mitigation The preferred mitigation to the outlined problem is to update to Diesel version 2.3.10 or newer, which includes a fix for the problem. Alternatively users need to take to keep the buffer alive until the connection is dropped. ## Resolution Diesel now stores a copy of the buffer inside of the `SqliteConnection` object itself to keep it alive as long as the underlying libsqlite3 connection exists.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-ggxf-9f6j-w742
severity
medium
summary
Diesel has possible use after free when deserializing a SQLite database via `SqliteConnection::deserialize_readonly_database`
cve_id
GHSA-ggxf-9f6j-w742
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-07-16T19:25:25Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggxf-9f6j-w742
ghsa_updated
2026-07-16T19:25:26Z

Related Entities (4)

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]rust/diesel

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]rust/diesel

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Use After Free

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