Rust advisories / serial
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2017-0008 · serial
RUSTSEC-2017-0008: `serial` crate is unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: serial is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | serial |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2017-07-02 |
| Last changed | 2024-12-04 |
| Also known as | none |
What to do
- Look for a maintained fork or alternative crate.
- If you cannot move yet, acknowledge it in your audit config so CI stays green while you plan: add
"RUSTSEC-2017-0008"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i serial.
Details from the advisory
The serial crate is no longer maintained.
Last release was on 2017-07-02.
Possible alternatives
Consider using an alternative, for instance the blocking librarys:
or async alternatives:
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/serial
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2017-0008.html
- Report: github.com/dcuddeback/serial-rs/issues/71
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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