Rust advisories / aes-soft
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2021-0060 · aes-soft
RUSTSEC-2021-0060: `aes-soft` has been merged into the `aes` crate
Short answerNot a bug report: aes-soft is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | aes-soft |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2021-04-29 |
| Last changed | 2021-05-04 |
| 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-2021-0060"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i aes-soft.
Details from the advisory
Please use the aes crate going forward. The new repository location is at:
<https://github.com/RustCrypto/block-ciphers/tree/master/aes>
AES-NI is now autodetected at runtime on i686/x86-64 platforms. If AES-NI is not present, the aes crate will fallback to a constant-time portable software implementation.
To force the use of a constant-time portable implementation on these platforms, even if AES-NI is available, use the new force-soft feature of the aes crate to disable autodetection.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/aes-soft
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0060.html
- Web: github.com/RustCrypto/block-ciphers/pull/200
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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