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🛡️ GHSA-mj73-j457-8x9q — maxminddb

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-915 OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

maxminddb's Reader::open_mmap unsoundly marks unsafe memmap operation as safe

maxminddb prior to version 0.27 declared Reader::open_mmap as safe despite wrapping an inherently unsafe memmap2 operation with no extra step done to guarantee safety. This could have led to undefined behaviour if the file were to be modified on disk while the memory map was still active.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

GHSA-mj73-j457-8x9q is classified as CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Attributes. A request can set object fields that were never meant to be writable from outside.

Affected software

GHSA-mj73-j457-8x9q is recorded against 1 package.

  • maxminddb

Timeline and source

Published on 2 December 2025 and last revised on 11 December 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
rustsec.org (Web)

Other advisories for this package

maxminddb has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Attributes) in other software:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CWE CWE-915
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-12-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-12-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
maxminddb — —

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