Rust advisories / rust_sodium
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2020-0003 · rust_sodium
RUSTSEC-2020-0003: rust_sodium is unmaintained; switch to a modern alternative
Short answerNot a bug report: rust_sodium is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | rust_sodium |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Before 0.10.3. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2020-01-20 |
| Last changed | 2020-10-02 |
| 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-2020-0003"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i rust_sodium.
Details from the advisory
The rust_sodium crate is no longer maintained by its current owner, who advise in the repository readme that they are looking for someone else to take ownership of it.
We recommend you switch to an alternative crate such as:
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/rust_sodium
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0003.html
- Web: github.com/maidsafe/rust_sodium/pull/117
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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