Advisories for Cargo/Gix-Date package

2026

Duplicate Advisory: gix-date can create non-utf8 string with `TimeBuf::as_str`

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-6mw6-mj76-grwc. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description A flaw was found in gix-date. The gix_date::parse::TimeBuf::as_str function can generate strings containing invalid non-UTF8 characters. This issue violates the internal safety invariants of the TimeBuf component, leading to undefined behavior when these malformed strings are subsequently processed. This could potentially result in application instability or …

gix-date can create non-utf8 string with `TimeBuf::as_str`

The function gix_date::parse::TimeBuf::as_str can create an illegal string containing non-utf8 characters. This violates the safety invariant of TimeBuf and can lead to undefined behavior when consuming the string. The bug can be prevented by adding str::from_utf8 to the function TimeBuf::write.