# RustSec

RustSec API & Tooling

Repository: https://github.com/rustsec/rustsec
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rustsec
Homepage: https://rustsec.org/
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: rust, security, cargo
Last push: 2026-08-17T18:31:17+00:00
Link (homepage): https://rustsec.org/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3494, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 13, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1943, forks 193 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.583934+00:00)

## What it is
RustSec is the Rust ecosystem's security advisory database plus a workspace of tooling crates, including the rustsec client library, cargo-audit for scanning Cargo.lock files, and cargo-lock/CVSS support crates. It publishes advisories that are exported to OSV and the GitHub Advisory Database.

## Use cases
- audit Cargo.lock for crates with known vulnerabilities
- query the RustSec advisory database programmatically from Rust
- scan CI for vulnerable dependencies
- parse Cargo.lock files
- score vulnerabilities with CVSS
- lint and publish security advisories for Rust crates

## When to choose
- you maintain Rust projects and want automated vulnerability scanning of dependencies
- you need programmatic access to Rust security advisories
- you are building Rust supply-chain or dependency auditing tools

## When to avoid
- you need vulnerability scanning for non-Rust ecosystems like npm or pip
- you want a general-purpose SAST or code-scanning tool rather than dependency advisories

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: security, vulnerability-scanning, dependency-audit, parser, developer-tools
- domain: security, developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: rustsec, cargo-audit, advisory-database, cargo-lock, cvss, supply-chain-security

## Member repositories
- rustsec/rustsec (main) score 97
- rustsec/advisory-db (infra) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.583934+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:08:01.181737+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rustsec/rustsec (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.583934+00:00, sha e9075b567fb8)
  - homepage: https://rustsec.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:47:26.374153+00:00, sha 58e9dfd7320f)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rustsec (fetched 2026-08-29T10:47:26.384383+00:00, sha 725edab98b70)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.