Rust advisories / cassandra
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2016-0006 · cassandra
RUSTSEC-2016-0006: `cassandra` crate is unmaintained; use `cassandra-cpp` instead
Short answerNot a bug report: cassandra is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. The advisory points to cassandra-cpp as the replacement.
| Crate | cassandra |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Before 0.8.2. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2016-12-15 |
| Last changed | 2020-10-02 |
| Also known as | none |
What to do
- Move to cassandra-cpp.
- If you cannot move yet, acknowledge it in your audit config so CI stays green while you plan: add
"RUSTSEC-2016-0006"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i cassandra.
Details from the advisory
The cassandra crate has not seen a release since December 2016, and its author is unresponsive.
The cassandra-cpp crate is a maintained fork:
https://github.com/Metaswitch/cassandra-rs
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/cassandra
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2016-0006.html
- Report: github.com/tupshin/cassandra-rs/issues/52
From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.
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