How severe is GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h?

No CVSS score has been assigned to GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h?

GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h affects the following packages: self_cell (crates.io), self_cell (crates.io). Ecosystems affected: crates.io.

How do I fix GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h?

Update self_cell to 0.10.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h in my crates.io dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for self_cell, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

When was GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h was published on November 14, 2023 and was last updated on February 10, 2024. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

🦀 crates.io

Not in CISA KEV

GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h — self_cell

GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h is a security vulnerability in self_cell. A fix is available for self_cell — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Insufficient covariance check makes self_cell unsound

Also known asRUSTSEC-2023-0070

Published

Nov 14, 2023

Updated

Feb 10, 2024

Affected

2 pkgs

Patched

2 / 2

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Feb 10, 2024 · OSV.dev, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

🦀self_cell🦀self_cell

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

All public versions prior to 1.02 used an insufficient check to ensure that users correctly marked the dependent type as either covariant or not_covariant. This allowed users to mark a dependent as covariant even though its type was not covariant but invariant, for certain invariant types involving trait object lifetimes. One example for such a dependent type is type Dependent<'a> = RefCell<Box<dyn fmt::Display + 'a>>. Such a type allowed unsound usage in purely safe user code that leads to undefined behavior. The patched versions now produce a compile time error if such a type is marked as covariant.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🦀crates.io	`self_cell`	all versions	0.10.3`cargo update -p self_cell --precise 0.10.3`
🦀crates.io	`self_cell`	≥ 1.0.0&&< 1.0.2	1.0.2`cargo update -p self_cell --precise 1.0.2`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for self_cell, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update self_cell to 0.10.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-48m6-wm5p-rr6h. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

All public versions prior to `1.02` used an insufficient check to ensure that users correctly marked the dependent type as either `covariant` or `not_covariant`. This allowed users to mark a dependent as covariant even though its type was not covariant but invariant, for certain invariant types involving trait object lifetimes. One example for such a dependent type is `type Dependent<'a> = RefCell<Box<dyn fmt::Display + 'a>>`. Such a type allowed unsound usage in purely safe user code that leads to undefined behavior. The patched versions now produce a compile time error if such a type is mark

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