Is pbkdf2 safe to use?

pbkdf2 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.13.0). DepScope rates its health at 85/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of pbkdf2?

The latest version of pbkdf2 is 0.13.0, released 2026-04-21.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pbkdf2.

No, pbkdf2 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.13.0 (2026-04-21).

Popular alternatives to pbkdf2 in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

pbkdf2 is licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.

cargov0.13.0

Generic implementation of PBKDF2

License MIT OR Apache-2.0permissive38 versions0 deps30,425,262 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 85/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

6

Contributors (12m)

7

Primary author dominance

79%

GitHub stars

886

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.74critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

API access

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