Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-25024 affects older Rust applications using actix-web before 0.7.15. The issue can break Rust's normal memory-safety guarantees by turning an immutable reference into a mutable one, which may lead to memory corruption. Public severity, CVSS, and product exposure details are not provided in the source bundle.
Executive priority
Prioritize discovery and upgrade where actix-web is used in production web services. Business urgency depends on whether the vulnerable crate is present and reachable; the provided sources do not establish active exploitation or broad product impact.
Technical view
The advisory describes unsound reference coercion in the actix-web crate before 0.7.15. This could permit mutable access through an immutable reference and cause memory corruption. The provided sources do not identify a specific attack path, affected API surface, CWE, CVSS score, or confirmed exploitability.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in Rust services or applications that directly or transitively depend on actix-web versions earlier than 0.7.15. The source bundle does not identify affected vendors, deployments, or internet-facing conditions.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing, active exploitation, public exploit status, or weaponized details. Treat this as a potentially serious memory-safety defect, but do not assume active exploitation from the provided evidence.
Researcher notes
The available record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, exploit narrative, or affected API details are included. Research should focus on dependency presence, version confirmation, and reviewing the RustSec advisory for any additional maintainer context.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Rust projects for actix-web dependencies.
- Upgrade actix-web to 0.7.15 or later where present.
- Regenerate dependency locks after upgrading.
- Check RustSec and project maintainer guidance for compatibility notes.
- Redeploy rebuilt services after dependency remediation.
Validation and detection
- Review Cargo.toml and Cargo.lock for actix-web versions.
- Check transitive dependency trees for actix-web before 0.7.15.
- Confirm builds use the remediated dependency version.
- Run unit and regression tests after dependency changes.
- Document any services that cannot be upgraded immediately.
Public sources used
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/actix-web/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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