CVE•Published 2020-09-14•Modified 2026-08-19•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-25576Rust-random · Rand
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
73
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 27% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue was discovered in the rand_core crate before 0.4.2 for Rust. Casting of byte slices to integer slices mishandles alignment constraints.
Timeline
Published 2020-09-14
Modified 2026-08-19
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2020-25576Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Rust-random Rand"All exposed Rust-random Rand instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Rand"HTTP body or banner mentions "Rand" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-25576Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-25576Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2020-25576Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2020-25576GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2020-25576" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2020-25576 on GitHub.