Is rand_core safe to use?

rand_core has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.1.1). DepScope rates its health at 40/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of rand_core?

The latest version of rand_core is 0.1.1, released 2026-09-02.

Does rand_core have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. rand_core has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/cargo/rand_core for details.

Is rand_core deprecated?

No, rand_core is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.1.1 (2026-09-02).

What are alternatives to rand_core?

Popular alternatives to rand_core in Cargo include: hashbrown, syn, getrandom, rand, bitflags.

What license does rand_core use?

rand_core is licensed under MIT/Apache-2.0.

rand_core

cargov0.1.1

Core random number generator traits and tools for implementation.

License MIT/Apache-2.0permissive42 versions0 deps440,312,778 weekly dl

rust-lang-nursery/rand

/ 100

Health

do not use

rand_core has critical vulnerabilities — do not use

Update to >= 0.3.1 to fix known vulnerabilities

Moderate health score (40/100) — verify manually
1 critical vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

15/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

1 critical

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
critical	CVE-2020-25576	Unaligned memory access in rand_core	0.3.1

Health History

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rand_core

cargov0.1.1

Core random number generator traits and tools for implementation.

License MIT/Apache-2.0permissive42 versions0 deps440,312,778 weekly dl

rust-lang-nursery/rand

/ 100

Health

do not use

rand_core has critical vulnerabilities — do not use

Update to >= 0.3.1 to fix known vulnerabilities

Moderate health score (40/100) — verify manually
1 critical vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

15/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

1 critical

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
critical	CVE-2020-25576	Unaligned memory access in rand_core	0.3.1

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

API access

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