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CVE-2020-36461

Data races in noise_search

8.1 High

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

1.24%Up 0.6 points since Aug 8, 2021
90%50%10%1%

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 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
noise_search
crates.io
through 0.7.0 None known
noise_search
crates.io
0.0.0-0 and later None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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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

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