CVE-2020-36461
Data races in noise_search
An issue was discovered in the noise_search crate through 2020-12-10 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for MvccRwLock.
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 noise_search crate through 2020-12-10 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for MvccRwLock.
- Record
CVE-2020-36461- 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-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the noise_search crate through 2020-12-10 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for MvccRwLock.
- Record
CVE-2020-36461- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1924 No score
An issue was discovered in the noise_search crate through 2020-12-10 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for MvccRwLock.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1924- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wxjf-9f4g-3v44
8.1
Data races in noise_search
Affected versions of the noise_search crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for MvccRwLock.
This can lead to data races when types that are either !Send or !Sync (e.g. Rc<T>, Arc<Cell<_>>) are contained inside MvccRwLock and sent across thread boundaries. The data races can potentially lead to memory corruption (as demonstrated in the PoC from the original report issue).
Also, safe APIs of MvccRwLock allow aliasing violations by allowing &T and LockResult<MutexGuard<Box<T>>> to co-exist in conflicting lifetime regions. The APIs of MvccRwLock should either be marked as unsafe or MbccRwLock should be changed to private or pub(crate).
- Record
GHSA-wxjf-9f4g-3v44- 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-77, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wxjf-9f4g-3v44
8.1
Data races in noise_search
Affected versions of the noise_search crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for MvccRwLock.
This can lead to data races when types that are either !Send or !Sync (e.g. Rc<T>, Arc<Cell<_>>) are contained inside MvccRwLock and sent across thread boundaries. The data races can potentially lead to memory corruption (as demonstrated in the PoC from the original report issue).
Also, safe APIs of MvccRwLock allow aliasing violations by allowing &T and LockResult<MutexGuard<Box<T>>> to co-exist in conflicting lifetime regions. The APIs of MvccRwLock should either be marked as unsafe or MbccRwLock should be changed to private or pub(crate).
- Record
GHSA-wxjf-9f4g-3v44- 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, CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2020-0141
8.1
MvccRwLock allows data races & aliasing violations
Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for MvccRwLock.
This can lead to data races when types that are either !Send or !Sync (e.g. Rc<T>, Arc<Cell<_>>) are contained inside MvccRwLock and sent across thread boundaries. The data races can potentially lead to memory corruption (as demonstrated in the PoC from the original report issue).
Also, safe APIs of MvccRwLock allow aliasing violations by allowing &T and LockResult<MutexGuard<Box<T>>> to co-exist in conflicting lifetime regions. The APIs of MvccRwLock should either be marked as unsafe or MbccRwLock should be changed to private or pub(crate).
- Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0141- 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 |
|---|---|---|
noise_searchcrates.io |
through 0.7.0 | None known |
noise_searchcrates.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-2020-36461 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Noise Search Project Search, published December 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.24%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0141.html
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/noise_search/RUSTSEC-2020-0141.md
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36461
github.com/pipedown/noise/issues/72
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxjf-9f4g-3v44
github.com/pipedown/noise
crates.io/crates/noise_search