Is golang.org/x/sys safe to use?

golang.org/x/sys has 2 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (v0.43.0). DepScope rates its health at 60/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of golang.org/x/sys?

The latest version of golang.org/x/sys is v0.43.0, released 2026-03-27.

Does golang.org/x/sys have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. golang.org/x/sys has 2 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/go/golang.org/x/sys for details.

Is golang.org/x/sys deprecated?

No, golang.org/x/sys is actively maintained. Latest release: v0.43.0 (2026-03-27).

What are alternatives to golang.org/x/sys?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for golang.org/x/sys at this time.

What license does golang.org/x/sys use?

golang.org/x/sys is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

golang.org/x/sys

govv0.43.0

License BSD-3-Clausepermissive43 versions0 deps

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Health

safe to use

golang.org/x/[email protected] is safe to use (health: 60/100)

Update to >= 0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad to fix known vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

23/25

security

12/15

maturity

5/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 medium1 low

Advisories (2)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
medium	BIT-golang-2022-29526	golang.org/x/sys/unix has Incorrect privilege reporting in syscall	0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad
unknown	BIT-golang-2022-29526	Incorrect privilege reporting in syscall and golang.org/x/sys/unix	0.0.0-20220412211240-33da011f77ad

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

11

Contributors (12m)

30

Primary author dominance

18%

GitHub stars

1,340

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Last updated · 2026-03-27T16:08:41Z