sebastienrousseau/serde_yml · Security

serde_yml crate is unsound and unmaintained

GHSA ID
GHSA-hhw4-xg65-fp2x
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
6.9 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Using serde_yml::ser::Serializer.emitter can cause a segmentation fault, which is unsound.

The GitHub project for serde_yml was archived after unsoundness issues were raised.

If you rely on this crate, it is highly recommended switching to a maintained alternative.

Recommended alternatives

  • serde_norway - Maintained fork of serde_yaml, using unsafe-libyaml-norway
  • serde_yaml_ng - Maintained fork of serde_yaml, using unmaintained unsafe-libyaml

Incomplete pure Rust alternatives

These implementation do not rely on C libyaml.

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