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🛡️ RUSTSEC-2025-0153 — hexchat

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

hexchat crate is unsound and unmaintained

All versions of this crate have function deregister_command which can result in use after free.

This is unsound.

In addition, all versions since 0.3.0 have "safe" macros, which are documented as unsafe to use in threads.

In addition, the hexchat crate is no longer actively maintained. If you rely on this crate, consider switching

to an alternative.

Affected software

RUSTSEC-2025-0153 is recorded against 1 package.

  • hexchat

Timeline and source

Published on 17 November 2025 and last revised on 26 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

crates.io (Package)
rustsec.org (Advisory)
github.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

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

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-11-17
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-26
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
hexchat — —

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