GHSA-h5x4-m2qf-r4f2 json
Diesel's SQLite backend has possible UTF-8 corruption
published 6mo ago modified 4mo ago also RUSTSEC-2026-0111
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Summary
Diesel uses the `sqlite3_value_text` function to receive strings from SQLite while deserializing query results. We misinterpreted the corresponding [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/c3ref/value_blob.html) documentation that this function always returns a UTF-8 encoded string values as `*const c_char`. Based on that we used `str::from_utf8_unchecked` to construct a Rust string slice without any additional UTF-8 checks in place. It turned out that this function doesn't always return correct UTF-8 strings. For field of the SQLite side storage type `BLOB` this pointer can contain arbitrary bytes, which makes the usage of `str::from_utf8_unchecked` unsound as this violates the safety contract of `str` to only contain valid UTF-8 encoded Strings.
## Mitigation
The preferred mitigation to the outlined problem is to update to a Diesel version 2.3.8 or newer, which includes fixes for the problem.
## Resolution
Diesel now correctly checks whether the provides byte buffer is actually valid UTF-8, instead of relying on SQLite's documentation. This fix is included in the `2.3.8` release.
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerAffected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | diesel | <2.3.8 >=0.0.0-0, <2.3.8 |
2.3.8 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
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github.com
/diesel-rs/diesel/pull/5042
web
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github.com
/diesel-rs/diesel
package
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rustsec.org
/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0111.html
web, advisory
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crates.io
/crates/diesel
package
Sources
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h5x4-m2qf-r4f2
- OSV RUSTSEC-2026-0111
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