Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-25024

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
actix-webcrates.io	< 0.7.19	0.7.19

Affected products

Actix/Actix Web
cpe:2.3:a:actix:actix-web:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Range: <0.7.15
ghsa-coords
pkg:cargo/actix-web
Range: < 0.7.15

Patches

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qj6-4rfq-vm84ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25024ghsaADVISORY
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/actix-web/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.mdnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/actix/actix-web/issues/289ghsaWEB

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