CVE-2020-36446
Data races in signal-simple
An issue was discovered in the signal-simple crate through 2020-11-15 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for SyncChannel<T>.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.1
An issue was discovered in the signal-simple crate through 2020-11-15 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for SyncChannel<T>.
- Record
CVE-2020-36446- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the signal-simple crate through 2020-11-15 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for SyncChannel<T>.
- Record
CVE-2020-36446- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1532 No score
An issue was discovered in the signal-simple crate through 2020-11-15 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for SyncChannel<T>.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1532- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-36cg-4jff-5863
8.1
Data races in signal-simple
Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for SyncChannel<T>. SyncChannel<T> doesn't provide access to &T but merely serves as a channel that consumes and returns owned T.
Users can create UB in safe Rust by sending T: !Send to other threads with SyncChannel::send/recv APIs. Using T = Arc<Cell<_> allows to create data races (which can lead to memory corruption), and using T = MutexGuard<T> allows to unlock a mutex from a thread that didn't lock the mutex.
- Record
GHSA-36cg-4jff-5863- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8892-84wf-cg8f
8.1
SyncChannel<T> can move 'T: !Send' to other threads
Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for SyncChannel<T>. SyncChannel<T> doesn't provide access to &T but merely serves as a channel that consumes and returns owned T. Users can create UB in safe Rust by sending T: !Send to other threads with SyncChannel::send/recv APIs. Using T = Arc<Cell<_> allows to create data races (which can lead to memory corruption), and using T = MutexGuard<T> allows to unlock a mutex from a thread that didn't lock the mutex.
- Record
GHSA-8892-84wf-cg8f- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-36cg-4jff-5863
8.1
Data races in signal-simple
Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for SyncChannel<T>. SyncChannel<T> doesn't provide access to &T but merely serves as a channel that consumes and returns owned T.
Users can create UB in safe Rust by sending T: !Send to other threads with SyncChannel::send/recv APIs. Using T = Arc<Cell<_> allows to create data races (which can lead to memory corruption), and using T = MutexGuard<T> allows to unlock a mutex from a thread that didn't lock the mutex.
- Record
GHSA-36cg-4jff-5863- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-8892-84wf-cg8f
8.1
SyncChannel<T> can move 'T: !Send' to other threads
Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for SyncChannel<T>. SyncChannel<T> doesn't provide access to &T but merely serves as a channel that consumes and returns owned T. Users can create UB in safe Rust by sending T: !Send to other threads with SyncChannel::send/recv APIs. Using T = Arc<Cell<_> allows to create data races (which can lead to memory corruption), and using T = MutexGuard<T> allows to unlock a mutex from a thread that didn't lock the mutex.
- Record
GHSA-8892-84wf-cg8f- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0126
8.1
SyncChannel<T> can move 'T: !Send' to other threads
Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for SyncChannel<T>.
SyncChannel<T> doesn't provide access to &T but merely serves as a channel that consumes and returns owned T.
Users can create UB in safe Rust by sending T: !Send to other threads with SyncChannel::send/recv APIs. Using T = Arc<Cell<_> allows to create data races (which can lead to memory corruption), and using T = MutexGuard<T> allows to unlock a mutex from a thread that didn't lock the mutex.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0126- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
signal-simplecrates.io |
through 0.1.1 | None known |
signal-simplecrates.io |
0.0.0-0 and later | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-36446 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Signal-simple Project Signal-simple, published November 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0126.html
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/signal-simple/RUSTSEC-2020-0126.md
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36446
github.com/kitsuneninetails/signal-rust/issues/2
github.com/advisories/GHSA-36cg-4jff-5863
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8892-84wf-cg8f
github.com/kitsuneninetails/signal-rust
crates.io/crates/signal-simple