From c9257e832f1b6b4317e5ff9323ef10fe2429b5cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jay Tadinada <jaytadinada@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:14:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] strings: fix data corruption in Base64Escape when aliasing

---
 absl/strings/escaping.cc      | 9 +++------
 absl/strings/escaping_test.cc | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/absl/strings/escaping.cc b/absl/strings/escaping.cc
index 9f887b8ebfb..42c4e92453f 100644
--- a/absl/strings/escaping.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/escaping.cc
@@ -954,17 +954,14 @@ bool WebSafeBase64Unescape(absl::string_view src,
   return Base64UnescapeInternal(src.data(), src.size(), dest, kUnWebSafeBase64);
 }
 
+
 void Base64Escape(absl::string_view src, std::string* absl_nonnull dest) {
-  strings_internal::Base64EscapeInternal(
-      reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(src.data()), src.size(), dest,
-      true, strings_internal::kBase64Chars);
+    *dest = Base64Escape(src);
 }
 
 void WebSafeBase64Escape(absl::string_view src,
                          std::string* absl_nonnull dest) {
-  strings_internal::Base64EscapeInternal(
-      reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(src.data()), src.size(), dest,
-      false, strings_internal::kWebSafeBase64Chars);
+    *dest = WebSafeBase64Escape(src);
 }
 
 std::string Base64Escape(absl::string_view src) {
diff --git a/absl/strings/escaping_test.cc b/absl/strings/escaping_test.cc
index cb9e37fb5ed..456551dc65c 100644
--- a/absl/strings/escaping_test.cc
+++ b/absl/strings/escaping_test.cc
@@ -762,4 +762,12 @@ TEST(HexAndBack, HexStringToBytes_and_BytesToHexString) {
   EXPECT_EQ(hex_only_lower, hex_result);
 }
 
+TEST(Base64Escape, AliasingSafety){
+    std::string s = "Abseil";
+    absl::Base64Escape(s, &s);
+    // would corrupt or crash before fix
+    // after fix: s should be "QWJzZWls"
+    EXPECT_EQ(s, "QWJzZWls");
+}
+
 }  // namespace