Rust advisories / ansi_term
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2021-0139 · ansi_term
RUSTSEC-2021-0139: ansi_term is Unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: ansi_term is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | ansi_term |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2021-08-18 |
| Last changed | 2023-09-06 |
| 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-2021-0139"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i ansi_term.
Details from the advisory
The maintainer has advised that this crate is deprecated and will not receive any maintenance.
The crate does not seem to have much dependencies and may or may not be ok to use as-is.
Last release seems to have been three years ago.
Possible Alternative(s)
The below list has not been vetted in any way and may or may not contain alternatives;
Dependency Specific Migration(s)
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/ansi_term
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0139.html
- Report: github.com/ogham/rust-ansi-term/issues/72
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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