The RustSec Advisory Database is a repository of security advisories filed against Rust crates published via https://crates.io
Advisory metadata is stored in TOML format (see below). The following tools consume the data and can be used for auditing and reporing (send PRs to add yours):
- cargo-audit: Audit
Cargo.lock
files for crates with security vulnerabilities
To report a new vulnerability, open a pull request using the template below. See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.
Each advisory contains information in TOML format:
# Before you submit a PR using this template, please delete the comments
# explaining each field, as well as any unused fields.
[advisory]
# Identifier for the advisory (mandatory). Will be assigned a "RUSTSEC-YYYY-NNNN"
# identifier e.g. RUSTSEC-2018-0001. Please use "RUSTSEC-0000-0000" in PRs.
id = "RUSTSEC-0000-0000"
# Name of the affected crate (mandatory)
package = "mycrate"
# Disclosure date of the advisory as an RFC 3339 date (mandatory)
date = "2017-02-25"
# Single-line description of a vulnerability (mandatory)
title = "Flaw in X allows Y"
# Enter a short-form description of the vulnerability here (mandatory)
description = """
Affected versions of this crate did not properly X.
This allows an attacker to Y.
The flaw was corrected by Z.
"""
# Versions which include fixes for this vulnerability (mandatory)
patched_versions = [">= 1.2.0"]
# Versions which were never vulnerable (optional)
#unaffected_versions = ["< 1.1.0"]
# URL to a long-form description of this issue, e.g. a GitHub issue/PR,
# a change log entry, or a blogpost announcing the release (optional)
url = "https://github.com/mystuff/mycrate/issues/123"
# Keywords which describe this vulnerability, similar to Cargo (optional)
keywords = ["ssl", "mitm"]
# Vulnerability aliases, e.g. CVE IDs (optional but recommended)
# Request a CVE for your RustSec vulns: https://iwantacve.org/
#aliases = ["CVE-2018-XXXX"]
# References to related vulnerabilities (optional)
# e.g. CVE for a C library wrapped by a -sys crate)
#references = ["CVE-2018-YYYY", "CVE-2018-ZZZZ"]
# CPU architectures impacted by this vulnerability (optional)
# For a list of CPU architecture strings, see the "platforms" crate:
# <https://docs.rs/platforms/latest/platforms/target/enum.Arch.html>
#affected_arch = ["x86", "x86_64"]
# Operating systems impacted by this vulnerability (optional)
# For a list of OS strings, see the "platforms" crate:
# <https://docs.rs/platforms/latest/platforms/target/enum.OS.html>
#affected_os = ["windows"]
# List of canonical paths to vulnerable functions (optional)
# The path syntax is cratename::path::to::function, without any
# return type or parameters. More information:
# <https://github.com/RustSec/advisory-db/issues/68>
# For example, for RUSTSEC-2018-0003, this would look like:
#affected_functions = ["smallvec::SmallVec::insert_many"]
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