Rust advisories / crate
Security history · libsecp256k1 · data from Oct 24, 2026
Is libsecp256k1 safe to use? Its security history
VerdictUnmaintained. RustSec marked libsecp256k1 unmaintained (RUSTSEC-2025-0161), so new security bugs will not be fixed.
3advisories on record
2vulnerabilities
1unmaintained notices
0.5.0newest fixed version
Every advisory, newest first
- UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2025-0161 · 2025-01-14libsecp256k1 is unmaintained
- VulnerabilityRUSTSEC-2021-0076 · 2021-07-13libsecp256k1 allows overflowing signatures
- Vulnerability HighRUSTSEC-2019-0027 · 2019-10-14Flaw in Scalar::check_overflow allows side-channel timing attack
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RustSec advisories (CC0-1.0) and GitHub-reviewed advisories via OSV's crates.io export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026.
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