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Plain-English summary
This CVE affects Rust projects using the kekbit crate before 0.3.4. The crate incorrectly allowed a shared-memory writer type to be sent between threads without ensuring its internal handle was safe to send. That can break Rust's thread-safety guarantees and may cause memory-safety issues in affected applications.
Executive priority
Treat this as a targeted dependency hygiene issue. It is not supported as an active-exploitation emergency by the supplied sources, but affected Rust services should update because Rust soundness bugs can create unpredictable failures or security impact.
Technical view
kekbit before 0.3.4 implemented Send for ShmWriter<H> without requiring H: Send. This is a Rust soundness flaw: non-Send handle types could cross thread boundaries through ShmWriter, potentially enabling undefined behavior. The source bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, exploit details, or product-specific impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to Rust applications or libraries that depend on kekbit versions before 0.3.4, especially code using ShmWriter across threads. Organizations not using this crate are not exposed based on the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not cite active exploitation, public exploit use, or KEV listing. The risk is primarily dependency-level memory-safety exposure rather than a documented remote attack path.
Researcher notes
The key condition is ShmWriter<H> being Send without H: Send. Confirm whether affected builds instantiate ShmWriter with a non-Send H and whether it crosses threads. The supplied sources do not define a CVSS score, CWE, exploitability, or affected downstream products.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade kekbit to version 0.3.4 or later where possible.
- Check vendor and RustSec guidance before applying compensating changes.
- Rebuild and retest Rust applications after dependency updates.
- Prioritize systems where kekbit is used in threaded shared-memory paths.
Validation and detection
- Review Cargo.lock for kekbit versions earlier than 0.3.4.
- Identify direct or transitive dependencies on the kekbit crate.
- Review code paths using ShmWriter across thread boundaries.
- Run RustSec or dependency-audit tooling against Rust projects.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0129.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/kekbit/RUSTSEC-2020-0129.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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