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directories: vulnerability history, versions and safety

directories is a package in the crates.io ecosystem. Vulert records 1 vulnerability for it across 43 releases, first recorded in Oct 2020. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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1 vulnerabilities recorded U1
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1 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on directories 6.0.0 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 6.0.0 has 1 known vulnerability, and 1 has no fix yet. Use an earlier safe version, or the workaround listed for each one.

Package health score 60/100
  • Security Some issues to review
  • Maintenance Maintaining
  • Popularity Niche
  • Community Quiet

The current release has a vulnerability with no published fix, which caps this score.

What to do: Pin an earlier, unaffected release if you can, and apply the workaround each vulnerability lists until a fix is published. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Current release 6.0.0 — affected i
  • Vulnerabilities on record 1 over 1 year · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 16 Oct 2020 i
  • Highest CVSS n/a i
  • With no published fix 1 i
  • Depended on by 60 packages i
  • Stars 836 i
  • OpenSSF scorecard 2/10 i
  • Last release 21 months ago i
  • Licence Apache-2.0 OR MIT i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by crates.io, refreshed 22 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for directories, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

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Version Released Vulert vulnerabilities Licence Fix published Details
6.0.0 12 Jan 2025 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
5.0.1 30 Apr 2023 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
5.0.0 18 Mar 2023 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
4.0.1 17 Sep 2021 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
4.0.0 15 Sep 2021 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
3.0.2 23 Apr 2021 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
3.0.1 04 Jul 2020 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
3.0.0 21 Jun 2020 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
2.0.2 28 Jul 2019 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
2.0.1 30 May 2019 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
2.0.0 25 May 2019 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
1.0.2 23 Sep 2018 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
1.0.1 05 Jul 2018 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
1.0.0 05 Jul 2018 U1 Apache-2.0 OR MIT No Details →
0.10.0 06 May 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.9.0 16 Apr 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.8.5 24 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.8.4 19 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.8.3 15 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.8.2 15 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.8.1 15 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.8.0 13 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.7.1 12 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.7.0 12 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.6.0 12 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.5.0 06 Mar 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.4.0 28 Feb 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.3.2 24 Feb 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.3.1 23 Feb 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.3.0 23 Feb 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.2.0 23 Feb 2018 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.8 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.7 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.6 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.5 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.4 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.3 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.2 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.1 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.1.0 22 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.0.3 19 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.0.2 18 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →
0.0.1 18 Dec 2017 U1 MPL-2.0 No Details →

All 43 versions Vulert tracks for this package. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2020 1

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 1 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for directories

The 1 most severe of 1 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
Unmaintained directories crate vulnerability in Rust N/A unrated No fix published 16 Oct 2020

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Questions

About directories

Is directories safe to use?

Vulert records 1 vulnerabilities for directories in crates.io: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 1 not yet rated. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

What is directories's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores directories 60/100, which reads as usable, but worth attention. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15). The current release has a vulnerability with no published fix, which caps this score.

Is the latest version of directories affected?

Yes. 6.0.0, the version you would install today, has 1 known vulnerability, and 1 has no published fix yet. Use an earlier unaffected release, or the workaround each vulnerability lists.

Which version of directories should I use?

6.0.0 is the version Vulert recommends for the affected releases. The version table above lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it, so you can confirm the range you actually run.

How many vulnerabilities does directories have?

1 vulnerability is recorded for directories in the crates.io ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 1 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new directories vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for directories in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 16 Oct 2020. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of directories are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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