CVE-2021-28037 — internment
CRITICALCVE-2021-28037 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) remote code execution vulnerability in internment. A fix is available for internment — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Data race in internment
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2021-28037 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
internmentReal-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
An issue was discovered in the internment crate before 0.4.2 for Rust. There is a data race that can cause memory corruption because of the unconditional implementation of Sync for Intern<T>.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🦀crates.io | internment | all versions | 0.4.2cargo update -p internment --precise 0.4.2 |
Affected Products
internmentinternment_projectDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for internment, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update internment to 0.4.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-28037 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Constrain what reaches the vulnerable code: limit the size and shape of untrusted input, isolate the affected component in a sandboxed or least-privileged process, and enable the platform's memory-safety mitigations (ASLR, stack protector, hardened allocator) so an out-of-bounds access is more likely to fail closed than to be exploitable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2021-28037 in your dependencies?
Find it across crates.io, including transitive dependencies.