Is zeroize safe to use?

zeroize has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.8.2). DepScope rates its health at 70/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of zeroize?

The latest version of zeroize is 1.8.2, released 2025-09-29.

Does zeroize have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of zeroize.

Is zeroize deprecated?

No, zeroize is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.8.2 (2025-09-29).

What are alternatives to zeroize?

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

What license does zeroize use?

zeroize is licensed under Apache-2.0 OR MIT.

zeroize

cargov1.8.2

Securely clear secrets from memory with a simple trait built on stable Rust primitives which guarantee memory is zeroed using an operation will not be 'optimized away' by the compiler. Uses a portable pure Rust implementation that works everywhere, even WASM!

License Apache-2.0 OR MITpermissive45 versions0 deps104,044,059 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

OSS Scorecard

OpenSSF security posture score

4.6/10

weak

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

Contributors (12m)

GitHub stars

0

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.78critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

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