Is pkcs1 safe to use?

pkcs1 has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.8.0-rc.4). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of pkcs1?

The latest version of pkcs1 is 0.8.0-rc.4, released 2025-09-15.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pkcs1.

No, pkcs1 is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.8.0-rc.4 (2025-09-15).

Popular alternatives to pkcs1 in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

pkcs1 is licensed under Apache-2.0 OR MIT.

cargov0.8.0-rc.4

Pure Rust implementation of Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2 (RFC 8017)

License Apache-2.0 OR MITpermissive27 versions0 deps29,743,131 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 67/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

11

Contributors (12m)

11

Primary author dominance

64%

GitHub stars

318

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.74critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

API access

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