CRITICAL
An issue was discovered in the actix-web crate before 0.7.15 for Rust
Published Dec 26, 2021
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.29%
Description
An issue was discovered in the actix-web crate before 0.7.15 for Rust. It can unsoundly coerce an immutable reference into a mutable reference, leading to memory corruption.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.29% 0.01288
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01288
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.29% (0.01288) | 69.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.29% (0.01288) | 66.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 54.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00235) | 62.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00213) | 58.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00180) | 53.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.54% (0.00542) | 12.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 27, 2021 | 0.54% (0.00542) | 33.42th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/289
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-4rfq-vm84 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25024
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/actix-web/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.md x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.html x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/289 | ||
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-4rfq-vm84 | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25024 | ||
| https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/actix-web/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.md | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.html | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 26, 2021
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 26, 2021
Link CVE-2018-25024
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-9QJ6-4RFQ-VM84 Updated n/a