Rust advisories / rusttype
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2021-0140 · rusttype
RUSTSEC-2021-0140: rusttype is Unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: rusttype is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | rusttype |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2021-04-01 |
| Last changed | 2023-02-09 |
| 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-2021-0140"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i rusttype.
Details from the advisory
The maintainer has advised this crate is deprecated and will not receive any maintenance.
The maintainer has further advised to migrate over to ab_glyph.
Last release seems to have been over two years ago.
Possible Alternative(s)
The below list has not been vetted in any way and may or may not contain alternatives;
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/rusttype
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0140.html
- Report: gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rusttype/-/issues/148
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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