---
id: RUSTSEC-2016-0007
title: jwt appears to be unmaintained
summary: jwt appears to be unmaintained
severity: none
vendor: jwt
product: jwt
ecosystem: rust
affected:
  - jwt >= 0.0.0-0
published: '2016-10-09'
updated: '2026-10-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-26T14:00:05.088714369Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2016-0007'
references:
  - url: 'https://crates.io/crates/jwt'
  - url: 'https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2016-0007.html'
  - url: 'https://github.com/mikkyang/rust-jwt/issues/106'
tags:
  - osv
  - rust
ingestedAt: '2026-10-27T16:20:12.092Z'
---

## Overview

The `jwt` crate appears to be unmaintained.

Alternatives:

- [jsonwebtoken](https://crates.io/crates/jsonwebtoken/)
- [jwt-simple](https://crates.io/crates/jwt-simple)

## Affected packages

- `jwt >= 0.0.0-0`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.