{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0160","summary":"`pqcrypto-sphincsplus` is unmaintained: upstream PQClean project being archived","details":"This crate provides Rust bindings to SPHINCS+/SLH-DSA (FIPS 205) via C\nimplementations from [PQClean](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean). The\nPQClean project is being archived in or after July 2026 (see\n[PQClean/PQClean#604](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/issues/604)),\nafter which no further security patches or bug fixes will be applied to the\nupstream implementations.\n\nAs a result, this crate will no longer receive updates. Users should migrate\nto the [`slh-dsa`](https://crates.io/crates/slh-dsa) crate, which provides a\npure-Rust implementation of SLH-DSA (FIPS 205).","modified":"2026-06-04T15:00:04.621707308Z","published":"2026-06-04T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/pqcrypto-sphincsplus"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0160.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/rustpq/pqcrypto/issues/97"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pqcrypto-sphincsplus","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/pqcrypto-sphincsplus"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affects":{"arch":[],"os":[],"functions":[]},"affected_functions":null},"database_specific":{"cvss":null,"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0160.json","informational":"unmaintained","categories":[]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}