CVE-2026-0810
📋 TL;DR
A vulnerability in gix-date's TimeBuf component allows generation of invalid non-UTF8 strings, violating internal safety guarantees and causing undefined behavior. This affects applications using vulnerable versions of the gix-date Rust crate, potentially leading to crashes or instability. Users of gitoxide or other software depending on gix-date are impacted.
💻 Affected Systems
- gix-date Rust crate
- gitoxide
- software using gix-date
📦 What is this software?
Gix Date by Gitoxidelabs
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Application crash leading to denial of service, potential memory corruption enabling arbitrary code execution in worst-case scenarios.
Likely Case
Application instability, crashes, or unexpected behavior when processing malformed time strings.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper input validation and error handling in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires ability to trigger the vulnerable function with specific malformed data.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: gix-date 0.9.0
Vendor Advisory: https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0140.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Update Cargo.toml to require gix-date >=0.9.0
2. Run 'cargo update gix-date'
3. Rebuild and redeploy affected applications
4. Restart services using the updated crate
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input validation wrapper
allAdd validation layer before calling TimeBuf::as_str to ensure UTF-8 compliance
// Rust code: validate input strings before processing
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation for all time data entering the application
- Monitor application logs for crashes or unexpected behavior related to time parsing
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Cargo.lock or run 'cargo tree | grep gix-date' to see installed versionCheck Version:
cargo tree | grep gix-dateVerify Fix Applied:
Verify gix-date version is 0.9.0 or higher in Cargo.lock📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Application crashes
- Panic messages related to UTF-8 validation
- Unexpected termination when processing time data
Network Indicators:
- Unusual time format requests to APIs
SIEM Query:
source="application.logs" AND ("panicked" OR "UTF-8" OR "TimeBuf")