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🛡️ RUSTSEC-2026-0164 — pqcrypto

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

pqcrypto is unmaintained: upstream PQClean project being archived

The pqcrypto crate and the entire pqcrypto-* ecosystem wrap C implementations

from [PQClean](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean). The PQClean project is being

archived in or after July 2026 (see [PQClean/PQClean#604](https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean/issues/604)),

after which no further security patches, algorithm updates, or bug fixes will

be applied to the upstream implementations.

As a result, this crate and all dependent crates in the pqcrypto-* ecosystem

will no longer receive updates. Users should migrate to actively maintained

alternatives. Pure-Rust replacements are available for several algorithms:

  • ML-KEM (FIPS 203): [ml-kem](https://crates.io/crates/ml-kem)
  • ML-DSA (FIPS 204): [ml-dsa](https://crates.io/crates/ml-dsa)
  • SLH-DSA (FIPS 205): [slh-dsa](https://crates.io/crates/slh-dsa)
  • FN-DSA (FIPS 206): [fn-dsa](https://crates.io/crates/fn-dsa)

Affected software

RUSTSEC-2026-0164 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pqcrypto

Timeline and source

Published on 4 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

crates.io (Package)
rustsec.org (Advisory)
github.com (Report)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pqcrypto — —

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