AIKIDO-2026-10002
referencing is vulnerable to Use-After-Free
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Low Risk
This Affects:
referencingTL;DR
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to use-after-free due to incorrect lifetime handling during asynchronous $ref resolution. When multiple $ref references point to the same external schema URL but use different fragments, internal state can be freed prematurely and later accessed again. This can result in undefined behavior, including crashes or other memory safety issues, during schema validation.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
referencing is vulnerable to Use-After-Free in versions 0.29.0 - 0.37.4.
How to fix this
Upgrade the referencing library to the patch version.
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SOC 2Compliant
ISO 27001Compliant