rustsec-2026-0244
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-08-06 12:00
Modified
2026-08-09 14:57
Summary
`setlocale` and `TextDomain::init` are unsound as they access environment with no synchronization
Details

setlocale and TextDomain::init are unsound and may allow safe code to exhibit undefined behavior when called in a multi-threaded program.

The flaw is fixed in 0.8.0 by marking these functions unsafe and documenting the conditions under which they can be called safely.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "memory-corruption",
          "thread-safety"
        ],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": "unsound"
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [
            "gettext_rs::TextDomain::init",
            "gettext_rs::setlocale"
          ],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "gettext-rs",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/gettext-rs"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.8.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "`setlocale` and `TextDomain::init` are unsound and may allow safe code to exhibit undefined behavior when called in a multi-threaded program.\n\nThe flaw is fixed in 0.8.0 by marking these functions `unsafe` and documenting the conditions under which they can be called safely.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0244",
  "modified": "2026-08-09T14:57:02Z",
  "published": "2026-08-06T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/gettext-rs"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0244.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/gettext-rs/gettext-rs/issues/64"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`setlocale` and `TextDomain::init` are unsound as they access environment with no synchronization"
}



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