Is slh-dsa safe to use?

slh-dsa has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.2.0-rc.5). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of slh-dsa?

The latest version of slh-dsa is 0.2.0-rc.5, released 2026-04-28.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of slh-dsa.

No, slh-dsa is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.2.0-rc.5 (2026-04-28).

Popular alternatives to slh-dsa in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn, rand_core.

slh-dsa is licensed under Apache-2.0 OR MIT.

cargov0.2.0-rc.5

Pure Rust implementation of SLH-DSA (aka SPHINCS+) as described in the FIPS-205 standard

License Apache-2.0 OR MITpermissive10 versions0 deps186,359 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 70/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

14/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

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