GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-chgr-c6px-7xpp PyO3 has a missing `Sync` bound on `PyCFunction::new_closure` closures

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-12 Modified 2026-06-12 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
pyo3
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-362
Reviewed
2026-06-12

Affected packages

• crates.io pyo3: < 0.29.0 → fixed in 0.29.0

Description

`PyCFunction::new_closure` (and the temporary `new_closure_bound` complement in the 0.21–0.22 series) required the supplied closure to be `Send + 'static` but not `Sync`. The resulting `PyCFunction` is a Python callable that can be invoked from any Python thread, which means the closure may be called concurrently from multiple threads, and needs a `Sync` bound to prevent possible data races. The problem exists under all Python versions but is particularly vulnerable under the newer free-threaded Python variant, which do not have serial execution imposed by the Global Interpreter Lock. Under releases protected by the GIL, the ability to "detach" from the Python interpreter temporarily inside the closure (e.g. by `Python::detach`) makes it possible for interleaved and/or concurrent execution of various portions of the closure. PyO3 0.29.0 added a `Sync` bound to close this thread-safety bug.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References