6.8
MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-25727
time affected by a stack exhaustion denial of service attack
Description

time provides date and time handling in Rust. From 0.3.6 to before 0.3.47, when user-provided input is provided to any type that parses with the RFC 2822 format, a denial of service attack via stack exhaustion is possible. The attack relies on formally deprecated and rarely-used features that are part of the RFC 2822 format used in a malicious manner. Ordinary, non-malicious input will never encounter this scenario. A limit to the depth of recursion was added in v0.3.47. From this version, an error will be returned rather than exhausting the stack.

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Published Date :

Feb. 6, 2026, 8:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update the time library to version 0.3.47 or later to prevent stack exhaustion.
  • Update the time library to version 0.3.47 or later.
  • Ensure user input is validated for RFC 2822 format.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 06, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description time provides date and time handling in Rust. From 0.3.6 to before 0.3.47, when user-provided input is provided to any type that parses with the RFC 2822 format, a denial of service attack via stack exhaustion is possible. The attack relies on formally deprecated and rarely-used features that are part of the RFC 2822 format used in a malicious manner. Ordinary, non-malicious input will never encounter this scenario. A limit to the depth of recursion was added in v0.3.47. From this version, an error will be returned rather than exhausting the stack.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-121
    Added Reference https://github.com/time-rs/time/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#0347-2026-02-05
    Added Reference https://github.com/time-rs/time/commit/1c63dc7985b8fa26bd8c689423cc56b7a03841ee
    Added Reference https://github.com/time-rs/time/releases/tag/v0.3.47
    Added Reference https://github.com/time-rs/time/security/advisories/GHSA-r6v5-fh4h-64xc
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
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