Rust advisories / tokio-proto
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2020-0162 · tokio-proto
RUSTSEC-2020-0162: `tokio-proto` is deprecated/unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: tokio-proto is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | tokio-proto |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2020-02-06 |
| Last changed | 2022-02-07 |
| 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-2020-0162"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i tokio-proto.
Details from the advisory
The tokio-proto crate has been deprecated, and its GitHub repository has been archived. Users may be interested in tokio-tower instead, per https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/118#issuecomment-452969665
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/tokio-proto
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0162.html
- Web: github.com/tokio-rs/tokio-proto/commit/56c720ea3c74efa8f39e36c24e609628222b16a1
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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