CVE-2020-35886 — arr
CRITICALCVE-2020-35886 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) CWE-362 vulnerability in arr. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
Multiple security issues including data race, buffer overflow, and uninitialized memory drop in arr
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-35886 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
arrReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
arr crate contains multiple security issues. Specifically,
- It incorrectly implements Sync/Send bounds, which allows to smuggle non-Sync/Send types across the thread boundary.
- Index and IndexMut implementation does not check the array bound.
- Array::new_from_template() drops uninitialized memory.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🦀crates.io | arr | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
arrarr_projectDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for arr, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of arr has shipped for CVE-2020-35886 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-35886 in your dependencies?
Find it across crates.io, including transitive dependencies.