Rust advisories / cargo-download
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2021-0133 · cargo-download
RUSTSEC-2021-0133: cargo-download is unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: cargo-download is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | cargo-download |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2021-12-25 |
| Last changed | 2021-12-25 |
| 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-2021-0133"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i cargo-download.
Details from the advisory
The cargo download subcommand (via cargo-download crate) is broken and maintainer has disappeared from GitHub and hasn't had any commits for a year.
Using this downloader will result to corrupted crates.
Maintainer has not responded to maintenance takeover.
Just use wget / curl directly.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/cargo-download
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0133.html
- Web: github.com/Xion/cargo-download
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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