UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2024-0320 · yaml-rust
RUSTSEC-2024-0320: yaml-rust is unmaintained.
Short answerNot a bug report: yaml-rust is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | yaml-rust |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2024-03-20 |
| Last changed | 2024-11-01 |
| 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-2024-0320"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i yaml-rust.
Details from the advisory
The maintainer seems unreachable.
Many issues and pull requests have been submitted over the years without any response.
Alternatives
Consider switching to the actively maintained yaml-rust2 fork of the original project:
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/yaml-rust
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0320.html
- Report: github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/issues/1921
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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