Publish GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2

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advisories/github-reviewed/2025/11/GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2/GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2.json

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+{
+  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
+  "id": "GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2",
+  "modified": "2025-11-21T18:19:40Z",
+  "published": "2025-11-21T18:19:40Z",
+  "aliases": [],
+  "summary": "thread-amount Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion (Memory and Handle Leaks) on Windows and macOS",
+  "details": "Affected versions of this crate contain resource leaks when querying thread counts on Windows and Apple platforms.\n\n### Windows\nThe `thread_amount` function calls `CreateToolhelp32Snapshot` but fails to close the returned `HANDLE` using `CloseHandle`. Repeated calls to this function will cause the handle count of the process to grow indefinitely, eventually leading to system instability or process termination when the handle limit is reached.\n\n### macOS / iOS\nThe `thread_amount` function calls `task_threads` (via Mach kernel APIs) which allocates memory for the thread list. The function fails to deallocate this memory using `vm_deallocate`. Repeated calls will result in a steady memory leak, eventually causing the process to be killed by the OOM (Out of Memory) killer.\n\n### Impact\nLong-running applications (such as servers, daemons, or monitoring tools) that use this crate to periodically check thread counts will eventually crash due to resource exhaustion.\n\n### Resources\n- https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/pull/29",
+  "severity": [
+    {
+      "type": "CVSS_V4",
+      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
+    }
+  ],
+  "affected": [
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
+        "name": "thread-amount"
+      },
+      "ranges": [
+        {
+          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "introduced": "0"
+            },
+            {
+              "fixed": "0.2.2"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/security/advisories/GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/pull/29"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "PACKAGE",
+      "url": "https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount"
+    }
+  ],
+  "database_specific": {
+    "cwe_ids": [
+      "CWE-400",
+      "CWE-772"
+    ],
+    "severity": "HIGH",
+    "github_reviewed": true,
+    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-21T18:19:40Z",
+    "nvd_published_at": null
+  }
+}