Rust advisories / trust-dns-proto
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2025-0017 · trust-dns-proto
RUSTSEC-2025-0017: The `trust-dns` project has been rebranded to `hickory-dns`
Short answerNot a bug report: trust-dns-proto is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | trust-dns-proto |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | From 0.23.1 onward (every version). |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2025-03-23 |
| Last changed | 2025-03-23 |
| 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-2025-0017"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i trust-dns-proto.
Details from the advisory
The trust-dns-proto crate is now available as hickory-proto.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/trust-dns-proto
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0017.html
- Package: crates.io/crates/hickory-proto
- Report: github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/issues/2051
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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