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Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-36458 is a Rust library safety issue in the lexer crate. The available sources say a type was marked thread-shareable with an insufficient bound, which can undermine Rust’s concurrency guarantees. Business impact depends on whether internal software depends on this crate and uses the affected type in threaded contexts.
Executive priority
Treat this as a dependency hygiene item unless the crate appears in production Rust systems with concurrent execution. Prioritize inventory first because severity, CVSS, and exploitation evidence are absent in the provided sources.
Technical view
The issue concerns ReaderResult<T, E> in the lexer crate through 2020-11-10. Its Sync implementation required T: Send and E: Send, which the advisory describes as incorrect. This is a Rust soundness issue that may allow unsafe shared access assumptions in concurrent code. No CVSS, CWE, affected version range, or patch details are provided in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to Rust applications or libraries that depend on the lexer crate. Risk is higher where ReaderResult is shared across threads. The source bundle does not identify CPEs, vendor products, package versions, or deployment contexts.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not report active exploitation, and KEV is false. This appears to be a dependency-level Rust soundness issue rather than a remotely exploitable product flaw based on the supplied evidence. Practical exploitability is not established in the sources.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The key technical fact is the incorrect Sync implementation for ReaderResult<T, E> with Send bounds. Further assessment should focus on crate version metadata, maintainer status, reachable concurrent use, and whether downstream code can trigger undefined behavior.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Rust projects for the lexer crate dependency.
- Check RustSec and package maintainer guidance for fixed or recommended versions.
- Remove or replace the dependency if no maintained safe version is available.
- Avoid relying on ReaderResult in cross-thread sharing until remediated.
Validation and detection
- Search dependency manifests and lockfiles for lexer crate usage.
- Confirm whether any use involves ReaderResult in threaded code paths.
- Review RustSec advisory RUSTSEC-2020-0138 for current package guidance.
- Run dependency auditing tools that consume the RustSec advisory database.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- 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-2020-0138.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/lexer/RUSTSEC-2020-0138.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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