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CVE-2020-36448

Data races in cache

8.1 High

CVE-2020-36448 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Cache Project Cache, published November 24, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.10%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
8.1 HighCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
1.10%EPSS, 66th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

An issue was discovered in the cache crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for Cache<K>.

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

1.10%Up 0.5 points since Aug 8, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cache
crates.io
through 0.2.0None known
cache
crates.io
0.0.0-0 and laterNone known

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.1

An issue was discovered in the cache crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for Cache<K>.

Record
CVE-2020-36448
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 ListNo score

An issue was discovered in the cache crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for Cache<K>.

Record
CVE-2020-36448
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1715No score

An issue was discovered in the cache crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for Cache<K>.

Record
EUVD-2021-1715
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g78p-g85h-q6ww8.1

Data races in cache

An issue was discovered in the cache crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for Cache<K>. This allows users to insert K that is not Send or not Sync.

This allows users to create data races by using non-Send types like Arc<Cell<T>> or Rc<T> as K in Cache<K>. It is also possible to create data races by using types like Cell<T> or RefCell<T> (types that are Send but not Sync). Such data races can lead to memory corruption.

Record
GHSA-g78p-g85h-q6ww
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-g78p-g85h-q6ww8.1

Data races in cache

An issue was discovered in the cache crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for Cache<K>. This allows users to insert K that is not Send or not Sync.

This allows users to create data races by using non-Send types like Arc<Cell<T>> or Rc<T> as K in Cache<K>. It is also possible to create data races by using types like Cell<T> or RefCell<T> (types that are Send but not Sync). Such data races can lead to memory corruption.

Record
GHSA-g78p-g85h-q6ww
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-2020-01288.1

Cache<K>: Send/Sync impls needs trait bounds on `K`

Affected versions of this crate unconditionally implement Send/Sync for Cache<K>. This allows users to insert K that is not Send or not Sync.

This allows users to create data races by using non-Send types like Arc<Cell<T>> or Rc<T> as K in Cache<K>. It is also possible to create data races by using types like Cell<T> or RefCell<T> (types that are Send but not Sync). Such data races can lead to memory corruption.

Record
RUSTSEC-2020-0128
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

History

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

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