Unmaintained CriticalRUSTSEC-2021-0144 · traitobject
RUSTSEC-2021-0144: traitobject is Unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: traitobject is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | traitobject |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | Critical (GitHub rating) |
| Published | 2021-10-04 |
| Last changed | 2023-11-08 |
| Also known as | GHSA-pp8r-vv2j-9j5v |
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-2021-0144"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i traitobject.
Details from the advisory
Crate traitobject has not had a release for over five years.
In addition there is an existing security advisory that has not been addressed:
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/traitobject
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0144.html
- Report: github.com/reem/rust-traitobject/issues/7
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0027
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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