Rust advisories / tokio-io
UnmaintainedRUSTSEC-2026-0058 · tokio-io
RUSTSEC-2026-0058: `tokio-io` is unmaintained
Short answerNot a bug report: tokio-io is no longer maintained, so future security issues will not be fixed. Plan to move to a maintained alternative.
| Crate | tokio-io |
|---|---|
| Type | Unmaintained |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | not applicable (the crate is unmaintained) |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2026-03-20 |
| Last changed | 2026-03-20 |
| 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-2026-0058"toignorein.cargo/audit.tomlordeny.toml, with a comment saying why. - Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i tokio-io.
Details from the advisory
The tokio-io crate is unmaintained. It was part of the Tokio 0.1 ecosystem and has been superseded by the main tokio crate.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/tokio-io
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0058.html
- Web: github.com/tokio-rs/tokio
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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