Rust advisories / spirv_headers
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2021-0096 · spirv_headers
RUSTSEC-2021-0096: spirv_headers is unmaintained, use spirv instead
Short answerNot a bug report: spirv_headers is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. The advisory points to spirv as the replacement.
| Crate | spirv_headers |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2021-08-16 |
| Last changed | 2021-08-23 |
| Also known as | none |
What to do
- Move to spirv.
- If you cannot move yet, acknowledge it in your audit config so CI stays green while you plan: add
"RUSTSEC-2021-0096"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i spirv_headers.
Details from the advisory
Because of versioning issues; the spirv_headers crate is unmaintained. Use spirv for parsing spirv files.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/spirv_headers
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0096.html
- Report: github.com/gfx-rs/rspirv/issues/197
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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