Rust advisories / plutonium
Notice MediumRUSTSEC-2020-0011 · plutonium
RUSTSEC-2020-0011: Library exclusively intended to obfuscate code.
Short answerLibrary exclusively intended to obfuscate code.
| Crate | plutonium |
|---|---|
| Type | Notice |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | none |
| Severity | Medium (GitHub rating) |
| Published | 2020-04-23 |
| Last changed | 2023-11-08 |
| Also known as | GHSA-gfg9-x6px-r7gr |
What to do
- Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i plutonium. - Avoid the affected API, or replace the crate.
Details from the advisory
This crate allows you to write safe functions with unsafe bodies without the unsafe keyword.
The value this adds is questionable, and hides unsafe usages from naive analysis.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/plutonium
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0011.html
- Web: docs.rs/plutonium
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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