{"id":"RUSTSEC-2025-0141","summary":"Bincode is unmaintained","details":"Due to a doxxing and harassment incident, the bincode team has taken the decision to cease development permanently.\n\nThe team considers version 1.3.3 a complete version of bincode that is not in need of any updates.\n\n## Alternatives to consider\n\n* [wincode](https://crates.io/crates/wincode)\n* [postcard](https://crates.io/crates/postcard)\n* [bitcode](https://crates.io/crates/bitcode)\n* [rkyv](https://crates.io/crates/rkyv)","modified":"2026-01-16T11:07:28.867553Z","published":"2025-12-16T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/bincode"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0141.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.sr.ht/~stygianentity/bincode/tree/v3.0/item/README.md"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bincode","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/bincode"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affected_functions":null,"affects":{"os":[],"functions":[],"arch":[]}},"database_specific":{"cvss":null,"informational":"unmaintained","categories":[],"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2025-0141.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}