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RUSTSEC-2026-0283

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec

Published

2026-09-13 12:00

Modified

2026-09-13 20:05

Summary

clear_on_drop is unmaintained

Details

This crate is no longer maintained. Use the zeroize crate instead.

Instead of ClearOnDrop, use Zeroizing
Instead of clear_stack, use zeroize_stack

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/clear_on_drop	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0283.html	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/cesarb/clear_on_drop/commit/59…	WEB

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": "unmaintained"
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "clear_on_drop",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/clear_on_drop"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "This crate is no longer maintained. Use the [zeroize](https://crates.io/crates/zeroize) crate instead.\n\n* Instead of `ClearOnDrop`, use `Zeroizing`\n* Instead of `clear_stack`, use `zeroize_stack`",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0283",
  "modified": "2026-09-13T20:05:24Z",
  "published": "2026-09-13T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/clear_on_drop"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0283.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/cesarb/clear_on_drop/commit/5916d6260acbad8a34290dba137f39963f13f467"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "clear_on_drop is unmaintained"
}

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