Rust advisories / crate
Security history · net2 · data from Oct 24, 2026
Is net2 safe to use? Its security history
VerdictUnmaintained. RustSec marked net2 unmaintained (RUSTSEC-2020-0016), so new security bugs will not be fixed. Suggested replacement: socket2.
2advisories on record
0vulnerabilities
1unmaintained notices
0.2.36newest fixed version
Every advisory, newest first
- Unsound MediumRUSTSEC-2020-0078 · 2020-11-07`net2` invalidly assumes the memory layout of std::net::SocketAddr
- UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2020-0016 · 2020-05-01`net2` crate has been deprecated; use `socket2` instead
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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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